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Title '---' in the BLK column of 'sin' in QNX4
Ref. No. QNX.000005385
Category(ies) Utilities
Issue Our process is registering a '---' in the BLK column of sin. It is consuming a lot of CPU time. Why is it registered like this?


Solution The '---' means that the process is not blocked.  This application is running ready which means it is consumming all of the CPU until either:

1.  A higher process needs the cpu,
 
2.  The process is done it's timeslice and another process at the same priority needs the cpu, or 
 
3.  The application blocks on a function call.