[Gllug] 2 quick questions

Azrael azrael at azrael-uk.f2s.com
Tue Jun 11 14:15:57 UTC 2002


Peter Andersen wrote:

>Anyone know......
>
>What is a Mutex?
>

region of mutual exclusion... for example a mutex prevents two processes 
both obtaining a resource that can only be held by one at a time.

>
>&
>
>What happens if a major page fault occurs?
>

page faults are normal.
A major one.. well... doesn't sound good to me. Unless it just means 
alot of page faulting.
(reading in virtual memory)

>
>thanks
>
>
>
>
>If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. This message is for the named person's use only.  It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. James Harvard International reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks.  Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of any such entity.
>Any reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation.
>
>  
>




-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug




More information about the GLLUG mailing list