All , I am beginner . Please see below my dobts 1. All process and kenel thread has their own task_struct structure and kernel mode stack . Kernel itself maintain its own stack . 2 .Whenever a process ,say A , switch to kernel ( on system call ) ,registers will be stored in its own kernel mode stack ? 3 . On interrupt , process A 's process context will be saved on process A 's own kernel mode stack ?c 4 .Kernel thread will also use its own kenel mode stack on interrupt ? 5 .Where is the SP ( stack pointer ) is saved ? How it it retrieved back ? Thanks, Ratheesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs