UNIT-3(ch-1): CPU
Scheduling
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Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling
● Basic Concepts
● Scheduling Criteria
● Scheduling Algorithms
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Objectives
● To introduce CPU scheduling, which is the basis for
multiprogrammed operating systems
● To describe various CPU-scheduling algorithms
● To discuss evaluation criteria for selecting a CPU-scheduling
algorithm for a particular system
● To examine the scheduling algorithms of several operating
systems
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Basic Concepts
● Maximum CPU utilization
obtained with multiprogramming
● CPU–I/O Burst Cycle – Process
execution consists of a cycle of
CPU execution and I/O wait
● CPU burst followed by I/O burst
● CPU burst distribution is of main
concern
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CPU Scheduler
● Short-term scheduler selects from among the processes in
ready queue, and allocates the CPU to one of them
● Queue may be ordered in various ways
● CPU scheduling decisions may take place when a process:
1. Switches from running to waiting state
2. Switches from running to ready state
3. Switches from waiting to ready
4. Terminates
● Scheduling under 1 and 4 is nonpreemptive
● All other scheduling is preemptive
● Consider access to shared data
● Consider preemption while in kernel mode
● Consider interrupts occurring during crucial OS activities
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Scheduling Criteria
● CPU utilization – keep the CPU as busy as possible
● Throughput – # of processes that complete their execution per
time unit
● Turnaround time – amount of time to execute a particular
process
● Waiting time – amount of time a process has been waiting in the
ready queue
● Response time – amount of time it takes from when a request
was submitted until the first response is produced, not output
(for time-sharing environment)
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Scheduling Algorithm Optimization Criteria
● Max CPU utilization
● Max throughput
● Min turnaround time
● Min waiting time
● Min response time
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First- Come, First-Served (FCFS) Scheduling
Process Burst Time
P1 24
P2 3
P3 3
● Suppose that the processes arrive in the order: P1 , P2 , P3
The Gantt Chart for the schedule is:
● Waiting time for P1 = 0; P2 = 24; P3 = 27
● Average waiting time: (0 + 24 + 27)/3 = 17
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FCFS Scheduling (Cont.)
Suppose that the processes arrive in the order:
P2 , P3 , P1
● The Gantt chart for the schedule is:
● Waiting time for P1 = 6; P2 = 0; P3 = 3
● Average waiting time: (6 + 0 + 3)/3 = 3
● Much better than previous case
● Convoy effect - short process behind long process
● Consider one CPU-bound and many I/O-bound processes
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Shortest-Job-First (SJF) Scheduling
● Associate with each process the length of its next CPU burst
● Use these lengths to schedule the process with the shortest
time
● SJF is optimal – gives minimum average waiting time for a given
set of processes
● The difficulty is knowing the length of the next CPU request
● Could ask the user
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Example of SJF
ProcessArriva l Time Burst Time
P1 0.0 6
P2 2.0 8
P3 4.0 7
P4 5.0 3
● SJF scheduling chart
● Average waiting time = (3 + 16 + 9 + 0) / 4 = 7
● NOTE:Preemptive version called shortest-remaining-time-first
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Example of Shortest-remaining-time-first
● Now we add the concepts of varying arrival times and preemption to
the analysis
ProcessA arri Arrival TimeT Burst Time
P1 0 8
P2 1 4
P3 2 9
P4 3 5
● Preemptive SJF Gantt Chart
● Average waiting time = [(10-1)+(1-1)+(17-2)+5-3)]/4 = 26/4 = 6.5
msec
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Priority Scheduling
● A priority number (integer) is associated with each process
● The CPU is allocated to the process with the highest priority
(smallest integer ≡ highest priority)
● Preemptive
● Nonpreemptive
● SJF is priority scheduling where priority is the inverse of predicted
next CPU burst time
● Problem ≡ Starvation – low priority processes may never execute
● Solution ≡ Aging – as time progresses increase the priority of the
process
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Example of Priority Scheduling
ProcessA arri Burst TimeT Priority
P1 10 3
P2 1 1
P3 2 4
P4 1 5
P5 5 2
● Priority scheduling Gantt Chart
● Average waiting time = 8.2 msec
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Round Robin (RR)
● Each process gets a small unit of CPU time (time quantum q),
usually 10-100 milliseconds. After this time has elapsed, the
process is preempted and added to the end of the ready queue.
● If there are n processes in the ready queue and the time
quantum is q, then each process gets 1/n of the CPU time in
chunks of at most q time units at once. No process waits more
than (n-1)q time units.
● Timer interrupts every quantum to schedule next process
● Performance
● q large ⇒ FIFO
● q small ⇒ q must be large with respect to context switch,
otherwise overhead is too high
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Example of RR with Time Quantum = 4
Process Burst Time
P1 24
P2 3
P3 3
● The Gantt chart is:
● Typically, higher average turnaround than SJF, but better
response
● q should be large compared to context switch time
● q usually 10ms to 100ms, context switch < 10 usec
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Time Quantum and Context Switch Time
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Multilevel Queue
● Ready queue is partitioned into separate queues, eg:
● foreground (interactive)
● background (batch)
● Process permanently in a given queue based on priority, memory
size, process type etc.
● Each queue has its own scheduling algorithm:
● foreground – RR
● background – FCFS
● Scheduling must be done between the queues:
● Fixed priority scheduling; (i.e., serve all from foreground then
from background). Possibility of starvation.
● Time slice – each queue gets a certain amount of CPU time
which it can schedule amongst its processes; i.e., 80% to
foreground in RR
● 20% to background in FCFS
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Multilevel Queue Scheduling
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Multilevel Feedback Queue
● A process can move between the various queues; aging can be
implemented this way
● Multilevel-feedback-queue scheduler defined by the following
parameters:
● number of queues
● scheduling algorithms for each queue
● method used to determine when to upgrade a process
● method used to determine when to demote a process
● method used to determine which queue a process will enter
when that process needs service
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Example of Multilevel Feedback Queue
● Three queues:
● Q0 – RR with time quantum 8
milliseconds
● Q1 – RR time quantum 16 milliseconds
● Q2 – FCFS
● Scheduling
● A new job enters queue Q0 which is
served FCFS
4 When it gains CPU, job receives 8
milliseconds
4 If it does not finish in 8
milliseconds, job is moved to
queue Q1
● At Q1 job is again served FCFS and
receives 16 additional milliseconds
4 If it still does not complete, it is
preempted and moved to queue
Q2
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End of Chapter 1
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