[erlang-questions] erl_driver vs NIF

[Caragea Silviu]

Hello,

Analyzing the project fast_tls by processone (
https://github.com/processone/fast_tls/blob/master/c_src/fast_tls_drv.c)
it raised me a question:

>From what I know the NIF is the fastest way to call c/c++ code from erlang.
The disadvantage is that you need to return in under 1 ms in order to make
sure the schedulers are not affected.

using erl_driver and  port_control is not the same ? because based on the
documentation this is a sync call that blocks scheduler until the native
method returns.

I'm wrong or not ?

Silviu
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