Chapter 3. Processes - UNLP

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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