Hello Thomas... > In case, that process was the only process in its priority list, it > will get scheduled again when schedule is called. Is this correct? If > it is correct, then even though the real time process wants to give > up the CPU, it is not able to do so. yes, you are correct. That's why in reality, real time process (SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR) can not be preempted by normal process. The only case the above conclusion doesnt work is when new process with higher (i mean lower number of static prio) exist. regards Mulyadi -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
