Chapter 5. Scheduling

  • Different Models of Kernel Scheduling

  • Thread Scheduling

  • Context Switching

  • Java Scheduling Summary

  • When Should You Care About Scheduling?

  • APIs Used in This Chapter

  • The Class java.lang.Thread

In which we explain the myriad details of various scheduling models and alternative choices that could be made, describe context switching in detail, and delve into gruesome detail on various design options. There is light at the end of the tunnel, however.

Different Models of Kernel Scheduling

There are three primary techniques for scheduling threads onto kernel resources (and indirectly, onto CPUs). Two of them involve the use of LWPs (or something similar). These are the techniques from which the designers of the various operating systems had ...

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