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 -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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