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进程切换(国外英语资料) 3.4.3 process switching Chen Xiangqun: Mechanical Industry Press Abstract: the operating system: essence and design principles (sixth edition of the original book) third chapter process description and control, this chapter describes the typical operating system process management using the data structure and technology. This section describes the process of switching. 3.4.3 process switching On the face of it, the function of process switching is simple. At some point, a running process is interrupted, the operating system specifies another process as the running state and gives control to the process. But that raises a number of issues. First of all, what event triggers a process switch? Another problem is the need to recognize the difference between mode switching and process switching. Finally, in order to implement process switching, the operating system must do something about the various data structures it controls When to switch processes? Process switching can occur at any time when the operating system gains control from the currently running process. Table 3.8 shows the events that might control control over the operating system. Consider system interrupts first. In practice, most operating systems distinguish between two types of system disruptions. One is called interrupt, the other is called trap. Some type of external events, the former has nothing to do with the currently running process, such as the completion of a I/O operation; error or abnormal conditions with the currently running process generated by the relevant, such as illegal file access. For common interrupts, control is first transferred to the interrupt handler, which does some basic ancillary work, and then goes to the operating system routines associated with specific types of interrupts that have occurred. See the following examples: Clock interrupt: operating system to determine the currently running process execution time whether it has exceeded the maximum allowed tim