"init_task" belongs to "swapper" or "init" ?

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Jan 4 12:41:18 EST 2010


On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 09:35:06AM -0800, Shivdas Gujare wrote:
> 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"?

swapper.  It's what gets run when there's nothing else to run.



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