Process Management Introduction

SRTF GATE 2011 Example If we talk about scheduling algorithm from the GATE point of view, they generally ask simple numerical questions…

Process Queues The Operating system manages various types of queues for each of the process states. The PCB related to the process…

Shortest Remaining Time First (SRTF) Scheduling Algorithm This Algorithm is the preemptive version of SJF scheduling. In SRTF, the execution of the…

Process Schedulers Operating system uses various schedulers for the process scheduling described below. 1. Long term scheduler Long term scheduler is also…

SRTF with Processes contains CPU and IO Time Till now, we were considering the CPU bound jobs only. However, the process might…

Process States State Diagram The process, from its creation to completion, passes through various states. The minimum number of states is five.…

SSTF Scheduling Algorithm Shortest seek time first (SSTF) algorithm selects the disk I/O request which requires the least disk arm movement from…

Introduction When two or more process cooperates with each other, their order of execution must be preserved otherwise there can be conflicts…

Strategies for handling Deadlock 1. Deadlock Ignorance Deadlock Ignorance is the most widely used approach among all the mechanism. This is being…

Resource Allocation Graph The resource allocation graph is the pictorial representation of the state of a system. As its name suggests, the…