Question

I am making a simple program which suppose to accept txt file data from clients. (not very big files..)

I was wondering, if it is okay to create the threads using pthread instead of creating another process using fork.

My plan is to create threads for every connection that I get to process the data and store it in a shared queue, which I can use mutex or semaphore to protect any race condition.

Answer 1

Yes, it is perfectly fine to use separate threads to process client connections. It will be faster compared to forking new processes. There is a drawback though in terms of isolation: because all clients are handled within the same process if this process goes down the server will not be able to serve other clients.