NAME- LIPSA DEY

ROLL NO- 23-MCA/25

BRANCH- MCA
Process Control Block
 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION

• ROLE

• STRUCTURE

• LOCATION
INTRODUCTION
 It is a data structure in the os kernel
containing the information needed to
manage the scheduling of a particular
process.
 PCB is also called a task control
block.
 The PCB is ” manifestation of a
process in an operating system”.
 Each and every process in the
operating system is represented by
process control block.
ROLE
 The set of the PCB: define structuring for process is
often done in term of PCB.
 Data structuring for progress is often done in term of
PCB .
 For example, pointer to other PCBs inside a PCB allow
the creation scheduling states (“ ready”, blocked” etc).
STRUCTURE
PCB consists of various information is shown in following

pointer Process state

stack

Process number

Program counter

Registers

Memory limits

List of open files

…………..

( Process control block )

POINTER
 It contains the address of another process which is present in the ready queue .

PROCESS STATE
 It containing information about the state of process I.e
 New
 Ready
 Running
 Waiting
 Terminating
STACK
 Stack is a linear structure . It stored data temporarly.

PROGRESS NUMBER
 A unique identification number for each progress in the operating system.
( also known as process id)
PROGRAM COUNTER
 It provide the address of the next instruction.

REGISTER
 Indicate various register set of CPU where progress need to be stored for
execution for running state.
MEMORY LISTS
 This field contains the information about memory
management system used by the OS. This may include page
tables , segment table etc .

LIST OF OPENFILES
 It provides the information about files, How many no. of files
are open and closed .
LOCATION
 PCB must be kept in an area of memory protected from normal process
access.
 In some operating systems the PCB is placed at the bottom of the
process stack.
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