i think you can also use the current macro. the current macro points to the task_struct of the running process. On 6/22/05, Jim Cromie <jcromie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Any idea how I can get the process name from the pid from within the > > kernel? Is there a function that does this? > > > Im just a newbie, but Id be suprised if there were one already written. > the kernel doesnt much care about the process name, thats for user-land > to discern from contents of /proc (btw, you could read the code > to see how it does it) > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Hareesh > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
