On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 23:40, shinny@j02.itscom.net wrote: > I want one confirmation. > I've learned the scheduler of the linux kernel 2.6 recently and getting to understand gradually. > But I got an unclear thing about that again. > In my view, all the tasks including real-time tasks are managed in the same runqueue, active & expired. > However I've read on a certain reference, from the kernel 2.6, real-time tasks are managaed the other global queue apart from the active & expired. > Which view is correct? They are held in the same runqueues as all other tasks. In early versions of the O(1) scheduler, real-time tasks were kept in a central global RT queue. This is no longer true, but perhaps it is the source of your confusion. Rob Love -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/