commit - 8b9a1d4cfefb87cb89835880d528ce8d8b5eecdc
commit + 615e0f9fb2df0e782f6b32ea9f0f67254e1ddeaf
blob - 9424d37e8d0f7f777c61d0dfeb63d8ac7a701252
blob + 94c99a25d8f7e014ac4ff8fa49a07738cae4cf9d
--- include/thread.h
+++ include/thread.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void		threadsetname(char*, ...);
 void		threadsetstate(char*, ...);
 char		*threadgetname(void);
 int			threadyield(void);
+int			threadidle(void);
 void		_threadready(_Thread*);
 void		_threadswitch(void);
 void		_threadsetsysproc(void);
blob - ca4d35af66a0a348ff5d94e8ed1600ebb920e7bb
blob + 8a5643b0ca18ea513d5e484c22d6d11164664360
--- src/libthread/thread.c
+++ src/libthread/thread.c
@@ -208,6 +208,22 @@ _threadready(_Thread *t)
 }
 
 int
+threadidle(void)
+{
+	int n;
+	Proc *p;
+	
+	p = proc();
+	n = p->nswitch;
+	lock(&p->lock);
+	p->runrend.l = &p->lock;
+	addthread(&p->idlequeue, p->thread);
+	unlock(&p->lock);
+	_threadswitch();
+	return p->nswitch - n;
+}
+
+int
 threadyield(void)
 {
 	int n;
@@ -255,6 +271,16 @@ procscheduler(Proc *p)
 		while((t = p->runqueue.head) == nil){
 			if(p->nthread == 0)
 				goto Out;
+			if((t = p->idlequeue.head) != nil){
+				/*
+				 * Run all the idling threads once.
+				 */
+				while((t = p->idlequeue.head) != nil){
+					delthread(&p->idlequeue, t);
+					addthread(&p->runqueue, t);
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
 			p->runrend.l = &p->lock;
 			_threaddebug("scheduler sleep");
 			_procsleep(&p->runrend);
@@ -272,7 +298,7 @@ procscheduler(Proc *p)
 		if(t->exiting){
 			delthreadinproc(p, t);
 			p->nthread--;
-//print("ntrhead %d\n", p->nthread);
+//print("nthread %d\n", p->nthread);
 			free(t);
 		}
 	}
@@ -598,7 +624,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	argv0 = argv[0];
 
-	_threadsetupdaemonize();
+	if(getenv("NOLIBTHREADDAEMONIZE") == nil)
+		_threadsetupdaemonize();
 
 	threadargc = argc;
 	threadargv = argv;
blob - 33644657f4396ec9101b7cb6c7025df4a18a7846
blob + d1f3e9383dc3091aeed3b2ba3c792a1b1ad45ee9
--- src/libthread/threadimpl.h
+++ src/libthread/threadimpl.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct Proc
 	int			nswitch;
 	_Thread		*thread;
 	_Threadlist	runqueue;
+	_Threadlist	idlequeue;
 	_Threadlist	allthreads;
 	uint		nthread;
 	uint		sysproc;