Thursday, December 18, 2008

new process state in linux kernel 2.6.25

I am obviously losing kernel tracking. I can't keep up linux kernel any more due to busy life. Today, while researching on my regular works, I ran into this article.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-task-killable/index.html

In short, linux innovated new process state, called TASK_KILLABLE. Operating system is still evolving. Almost 50 years after its first version of Unix, still finding a way for innovation.

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