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Chapter 3. Processes We discuss some properties of Processes and then describe how process switching is performed by the kernel . We also describe how linux supports multithreaded applications relies on so-called lightweight Processes (LWP). The last two sections describe how Processes can be created and destroyed. References: understanding linux kernel 2nd edition, Chapter 3 linux kernel Development 2nd edition, Chapter 3 Intel Documentation Introduction The process is one of the fundamental abstractions in Unix operating systems, The other fundamental abstraction is files. Processes are, however, more than just the executing program code (often called the text section in Unix).

Chapter 3. Processes We discuss some properties of processes and then describe how process switching is performed by the kernel. We also describe how Linux supports multithreaded applications relies on so- called lightweight processes (LWP). The last two sections describe how processes can be created and destroyed. References: Understanding Linux Kernel 2nd edition, Chapter 3

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