>Is it correct that a process gets the full time slice whereas say two >threads spawned from the main process will get (Process Time Slice) / 3 >(ie 2 threads + 1 main thread) ? Or do all threads get a process time >slice? In Linux, Schedular doesn't b/w process and thread. Both will get same time slice as both are same in Linux. Other system might implement it the way, you suggested Regards, Anil. -- 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/