P3: Idle thread

[Daniel Ramsbrock]

The Project 3 description states: "You will need to handle the case of
the Idle thread specially. It should be placed on the lowest level queue
and should never be permitted to move out of that level."

How are we defining an idle thread? The wording "the idle thread" sounds
like there is only one--is that true? Thank you,

Daniel

[Iulian Neamtiu]

Yes, there is only one Idle thread, and it's easily identifiable by
checking the thread priority (PRIORITY_IDLE).

Iulian

Post by Daniel Ramsbrock
The Project 3 description states: "You will need to handle the case of
the Idle thread specially. It should be placed on the lowest level queue
and should never be permitted to move out of that level."
How are we defining an idle thread? The wording "the idle thread" sounds
like there is only one--is that true? Thank you,
Daniel