what are processor execution levels and priorities?

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what are processor execution levels and priorities?..

Answer / sekhar

Every Process in Linux has execution priority. It ranges
from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest).
Except su(Super User) others cannot increase the priority.
Only superuser can assign priority of -ve value.

Default priority is 0.
You can change your process priority using setpriority
system call.
You can get your process priority using getpriority system call.

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what are processor execution levels and priorities?..

Answer / rajan.v.r

in linux all process are having priorities. using nice
command we can alter the priorities

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