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 -- "Faced with the prospect of rereading this book, I would rather have my brains ripped out by a plastic fork." - Charles Cooper on "Business at the Speed of Thought" -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/