Microsoft Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers






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For linux :
Diff threads share the same address space. Different processes do not.
Different threads have their own stack. as do different processes. Thread switch is like a jump in the code since no TLB flush is required. Context switch happens when the processor schedules a new process to execute.
Possible pitfalls for mt : locking, synchronization

- XYZ December 08, 2008 | Flag Reply
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two processes do not share the same stack.

- learner November 14, 2011 | Flag
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thread context switch is not like a jump in the code. There is a fast switch between main thread and peer thread. Thread have a smaller context than process.

- Camoranesi16 April 05, 2009 | Flag Reply


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