An operating system provides 256 fixed priorities to tasks in the system, but only 32 priority levels

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An operating system provides 256 fixed priorities to tasks in the system, but only 32 priority levels for their messages exchanged through message queues. Suppose that each posting task chooses the priority of its messages by mapping the 256 priorities to 32 message - priority levels. Discuss some potential problems associated with this uniform mapping scheme.

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Real Time Systems Design And Analysis

ISBN: 9780470768648

4th Edition

Authors: Phillip A. Laplante, Seppo J. Ovaska

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