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Date:      Tue, 03 Oct 2000 00:01:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: process scheduling quantum
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001003000151.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0010021412490.989-100000@opal>

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On 02-Oct-00 Zhiui Zhang wrote:
> 
> Suppose a process is scheduled to run, will it run until its quantum ends
> unless it calls tsleep() on his own? In other words, is it possible for a
> process to give up its quantum earlier without having it to do so 
> voluntarily? Thanks.

If an interrupt occurs and puts a thread on the run queue (which will have
higher priority than the currently running proceess) then the current
process will be stopped so that the interrupt thread can run.

> -Zhihui

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