In Linux, process is actually a group of data structures including the context of process, scheduling data, semaphores, process queue, process id, time, signals, etc. This group of data is called ...

The Linux scheduler is invoked when the process being executed is blocked or voluntarily gives up the CPU, when the processor receives an interrupt or at the end of a 10-millisecond timeslice. The ...

Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) 9.2.2 Process Scheduling In a multitasking system, a mechanism within an OS, called a scheduler (shown in Figure 9 ...