Problem #2: Switching Between Processes
Explore how operating systems manage the challenge of switching between running processes. Understand cooperative and non-cooperative scheduling approaches, how the OS regains CPU control using system calls and timer interrupts, and the role of context switching in safely saving and restoring process states.
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The next problem with direct execution is achieving a switch between processes. Switching between processes should be simple, right? The OS should just decide to stop one process and start another. What’s the big deal? But it actually is a little bit tricky: specifically, if a process is running on the CPU, this by definition means the OS is not ...