context switch time

Andrej Presern (andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:40:44 +0200


Hello,

Could someone knowledged enough please tell me approximately how many
cycles takes a process context switch on a pentium in Linux? Also, I'd
appreciate it if someone could explain what the context switch in Linux
consists of (what exactly is changed at context switch) or at least
point me to the right file to look at?

Andrej

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