Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:06:37 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Which process is associated with process ID 0 (swapper) |
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>Subject: Re: Which process is associated with process ID 0 (swapper) > >This must be a trick question. Linux is not VAX/VMS. There is no >swapper process. Check in /proc. Processes start at 1. Even >kernel threads have PIDs greater than 1. >
The initialization code which runs before the first userspace program is invoked (usually /sbin/init) could be termed 'process 0'.
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