QUEUE FOR A DEVICE HANDLER LQE: Q6 CQE: Q1 +------------------+ Q1: | Q2 | +------------------+ <-- THIS I/O TRANSFER IS CURRENTLY | JOB NUMBER = 0 | IN PROGRESS; THE MONITOR DOES | (BACKGROUND JOB) | NOT PREEMPT IT WITH A QUEUE +------------------+ ELEMENT FOR A HIGHER PRIORITY | JOB. +------------------+ Q2: | Q3 | +------------------+ | JOB NUMBER = 16 | | (FOREGROUND JOB) | +------------------+ | +------------------+ Q3: | Q4 | NEW QUEUE ELEMENT +------------------+ | JOB NUMBER = 16 | +------------------+ | (FOREGROUND JOB) | | ? | +------------------+ +------------------+ | <-----------| JOB NUMBER = 16 | +------------------+ | (FOREGROUND JOB) | Q4: | Q5 | +------------------+ +------------------+ | JOB NUMBER = 14 | | (SYSTEM JOB 6) | +------------------+ | +------------------+ Q5: | Q6 | +------------------+ | JOB NUMBER = 12 | | (SYSTEM JOB 5) | +------------------+ | +------------------+ Q6: | 0 | +------------------+ <-- THIS ELEMENT IS THE LAST ONE | JOB NUMBER = 0 | IN THE QUEUE; ITS LINK WORD | (BACKGROUND JOB) | IS 0. +------------------+