Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753268Ab0ADIHN (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:07:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752917Ab0ADIHK (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:07:10 -0500 Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com ([209.85.160.42]:61089 "EHLO mail-pw0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752298Ab0ADIHJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:07:09 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=jKMQ0x7qPQPVzwqbhpuvlrt2ZJExrrDnzWAwCu2vCHx97HMqSca7qieKTDUMKKcvIh mr/unpqDVPqz7pd1EDbeOzZnu2sCaWQub/uJsFOP9nUh+WgyJGus3Qm3XjC02zqTVtik N1fvciYRuydkmxg3+htAJJJAk5UkKLx0ajaEE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:07:06 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: init_task belongs to "process 0" or "process 1"? From: Shivdas Gujare To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Shivdas Gujare Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 562 Lines: 17 Hi all, I am trying to understand the role of linux kernel "process 0" i.e. swapper. I am not able to understand, where it gets started? and Does "init_task" from arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c belongs to "swapper" or "init"? whats the purpose of "init_task"? Thanks for your help. Thanks and Regards, Shivdas Gujare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/