4.3 Context SwitchingThe kernel switches among threads in an effort to share the CPU effectively; this activity is called context switching. When a thread executes for the duration of its time slice or when it blocks because it requires a resource that is currently unavailable, the kernel finds another thread to run and context switches to it. The system can also interrupt the currently executin..

Part II: ProcessesChapter 4.1 Introduction to Process ManagementA process is a program in execution. (프로세스의 정의. 정확하게 따지자면, 프로그램과는 구분된다.)A process has an address space containing a mapping of its program’s object code and global variables. It also has a set of kernel resources that it can name and on which it can operate using system calls. These resources include its credentials, signal state, a..

CFS Completely Fair Process Scheduling in Linux