On 19:47 02 Oct 2003, Srini Amble <samble@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Does sleep() system call cause the process to be put on the wait queue? Yes. | I am hoping sleep() does not cause a spin lock. My objective being to | force the process to give up the CPU for some duration of time. I | appreciate any helpful response to resolve this question in my mind. Sleep is what you want. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ A slipping sear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit. - page 9 of the August 1993 issue of PS magazine, the US Army's preventive maintenance magazine -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
