Selon Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@polymtl.ca>: > I'm currently looking what kind of information is available through the > structure task_struct and to do this I tried to find information about each > fields that are in this structure. I found many web pages that just copy and > paste the kernel code but I didn't find something that answer with accuracy > to > my need. Thus, I started to make some quick search in the Linux source code > to > understand the task_struct (where it is used and why). I think that it could > interest some people who want to have a better understanding of the Linux > kernel > so I attach the "draft" to this post. Oops, I forgot to say that it is also directly accessible via web server: http://elsa.sourceforge.net/txt/task_struct.txt Thanks for your comments and help Guillaume -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/