Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!stowe.cs.washington.edu!pauld From: pauld@cs.washington.edu (Paul Barton-Davis) Subject: signals & system calls Message-ID: <1991Jun4.230245.6784@beaver.cs.washington.edu> Originator: pauld@stowe.cs.washington.edu Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle Date: Tue, 4 Jun 91 23:02:45 GMT I ought to be able to answer this, but ... Suppose a process receives a signal, but makes no system calls. Am I right in thinking that it will not receive the signal until its time quantum expires, it is rescheduled, and finally gets to run again ? In other words, perhaps up to (NPROCS-1)*quantum seconds after the arrival of the signal, in the worst case ? -- Paul Barton-Davis UW Computer Science Lab "People cannot cooperate towards common goals if they are forced to compete with each other in order to guarantee their own survival."