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Technically they cause a context-switch and a scheduler run upon return (I belive, not 100% sure), but you're right that does not necessarily result in getting
by waps 12y ago
Technically they cause a context-switch and a scheduler run upon return (I belive, not 100% sure), but you're right that does not necessarily result in getting put on the back of the work queue.
- valarauca1 12y agoI think what might be the case is often so many system calls result in blocking events (I/O, IPC, etc.), its safe to assume a system call will block.