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UNIX & LINUX Computing Journal: WHYTO: Revisiting Kernel Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 3, 1999

Don’t ask me why, because now I cannot remember, but I
suddenly became obsessed with how a process works within UN*X.

It was probably related to a work issue at the time, but that is
neither here nor there. So I picked up my kernel books, Linux apps
books and my plethora of HOW-TO’s, Unleashed series and whatever
else I had about and started digging only to ultimately end up at
the source code.”

“I was snooping around the kernel source when I found this C
structure called task_struct() – all over the place. Hmmm – this
must have something to do with tasks. I won’t go into the details
of it suffice to say it was a series of pointers and variables to
other structures and variables which give information about the
running task…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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