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Re: what is the schedule base? process/thread

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 08:20:56PM +0800, ken wrote:

> What is the schedule base? process or thread?

The linux kernel has no notion of processes vs. threads (thread group id etc. not withstanding).

Everthing is a "task". Processes and threads are essentially the same thing.

> If process is the base,then what happend in this status?

what do you mean ?

> A process have two threads, one of them suspend the thread/process(ie. wait for something),then the other is running continuous?

of course.

regards
john

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