Re: Context switch in the kernel processes

[Petko Manolov]

Hari Krishna wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         May be basic, but i would like to know whether the switching
> between two kernel processes ( those which are created by using
> kernel_thread()) is faster than the switching between two user level

No, depends on schedule flags.

> processes(those which are created by using fork())?. Is there any
> advantage for kernel processes?

The process is a part of the kernel and has access to some kernel
resources.

Petkan