Re: Does sleep() system call cause the scheduler to be rerun?

From: Cameron Simpson (cs_at_zip.com.au)
Date: 10/03/03

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    On 19:47 02 Oct 2003, Srini Amble <samble@xopworks.com> wrote:
    | Does sleep() system call cause the process to be put on the wait queue?

    Yes.

    | I am hoping sleep() does not cause a spin lock. My objective being to
    | force the process to give up the CPU for some duration of time. I
    | appreciate any helpful response to resolve this question in my mind.

    Sleep is what you want. 

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