Re: [osol-code] klwp_t structure fields

2006-07-20 Thread Casper . Dik
>Hi - > >In klwp_t there are two fields where registers are potentially saved: > - lwp_pcb /* user regs save pcb */ > - lwp_regs /* pointer to saved regs on stack */ > >Can anyone advice me what is the difference between these two fields. For >instance which of these two is used at conte

[osol-code] klwp_t structure fields

2006-07-20 Thread Haris
Hi - In klwp_t there are two fields where registers are potentially saved: - lwp_pcb /* user regs save pcb */ - lwp_regs /* pointer to saved regs on stack */ Can anyone advice me what is the difference between these two fields. For instance which of these two is used at context switch.

Re: [osol-code] How is priority inversion managed in Solaris kernel?

2006-07-20 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/19/06, Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: xxx wrote: > Hello everybody, > let's consider such a situation: you have a priority 10 thread > that's running, preventing a priority 6 thread from receiving > CPU time; however, a priority 3 thread is waiting for some > resource that the pri