On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 15:58 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >>No, a process also contains an address space.
> Of course .. I ment they are _almoust_ similar.
Not really. A process has one or more threads, (virtual) memory, open
file descriptors, a uid, a gid and several other resources.
Historically there were only "processes". "Threads" were invented later
on so there is (usually) some confusion remaining here .....
> >>No, that is creating a schedule unit (task) without an address space.
> Ok, I've already found that in kernel code ... and correctly understood.
>
> >>Surely you need some context switch when switching between runnable
> contexts.
> Hm. If the thread is running after it's sister or parent process - you
> do not have to switich the process context. Is this done in kernel??
"switch process context" is misleading wording - "task switch" is better
(and "task" is usually the kernels view on a thread). You have at least
to store the registers of the old task somewhere and load the ones from
the new task.
> Sorry if my thought are idiotic .. I'm a newby and trying to
> investigate the kernel.
Hmm, you might invest in a book about operating systems to learn the
basic concepts.
Bernd
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