> > </usr/src/linux-2.6.x/include/linux/sched.h> > > Oh sure, that explains it! I suppose I don't need to know what the variables > mean or what they represent as long as I know their names. > > Seriously, though. I'd already found where they are defined in the source code > but I couldn't find anything on what the variables in a task_struct represent. > The only info I can find is Linus' original comments which don't go into any > detail and some descriptions on the web that don't really refer to any of them > by name. The documentation is not that thick and I doubt anyone is going to list and explain them all, so which one(s) specifically is it that you don't understand the use of? Many of the names give a very good indication to their use however. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
