really_start vs _Jv_ThreadRegister?

Wed Dec 12 10:20:00 GMT 2001

Hrm, for the FirstThread, it seems that really_start (foo-threads.cc)
never gets called.
What are the semantics for really_start -- is it guaranteed to be part
of the call path that starts the thread, or is it only sometimes part
of it? If only sometimes, when is it, and when is it not?
Is really_start how you spawn a new thread, and _Jv_ThreadRegister how
you "bless" a platform-specific thread into being a java thread?
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