How, if at all, do Erlang Processes map to Kernel Threads?

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Answer depends on the VM which is used:

1) non-SMP: There is one scheduler (OS thread), which executes all Erlang processes, taken from the pool of runnable processes (i.e. those who are not blocked by e.g. receive)

2) SMP: There are K schedulers (OS threads, K is usually a number of CPU cores), which executes Erlang processes from the shared process queue. It is a simple FIFO queue (with locks to allow simultaneous access from multiple OS threads).

3) SMP in R13B and newer: There will be K schedulers (as before) which executes Erlang processes from multiple process queues. Each scheduler has it’s own queue, so process migration logic from one scheduler to another will be added. This solution will improve performance by avoiding excessive locking in shared process queue.

For more information see this document prepared by Kenneth Lundin, Ericsson AB, for Erlang User Conference, Stockholm, November 13, 2008.

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