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Process Control Block in Linux PDF
Process Control Block in Linux PDF
Task_struct {
• Volatile long state;
This contains the current state of the process
• Long counter;
This value acts like a reference count on the task structure of a process
• Long priority
This handles the priority number of the different Processes
• Unsigned long signals;
This handles the pending signals involved during processes
• Unsigned long blocked;
This handles the masked signals involved during Processing
• Int pid, pgrp, uid, euid, gid, egid;
• Struct linux_binfmt;
• Struct task_struct p_opptr;
This is the pointer to the original parent
• Struct task_struct p_pptr;
This is the pointer to the intermediate parent
• Struct task_struct p_cptr;
This is the parent to the most recent child available
• Struct task_struct p_ysptr;
This is the pointer to the current/following sibling
• Struct task_struct p_osptr;
This is the pointer to the previous sibling
• Struct task_struct *next_task;
This is the structure of the next task in queue of processes
• Struct task_struct *prev_task;
This conatins the structure of the previous tasks in the process list
• Struct task_struct *next_run;
This contains the structure of the the next process which are ready to run in ready
queue
• Struct task_struct *prev_run;
This is the structure of the previous executed processes in the read queue
• Struct mm_struct mm[1];
• Unsigned long kernel_stack_page;
• Unsigned long saved_kernel_stack;
• Struct fs_struct fs[1];
• Long utime, stime, cutime, cstime, start_time;
• Struct sem_queue *semsleeping;
• Struct wait_queue *wait_chldexit;
• Struct sigaction sigaction[32];
• Struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
• Struct thread_struct tss;
This includes saved registers
• Unsigned long policy;
• Unsigned long rt_priority;
• Int processor, last processor;
• Int lock_depth;
It indicates how many times has been acquired the kernel lock. This lock protects
some of the kernel data structures.
}
Abdul Rehman
L11-4065
OS: Section B