Linux Process Management(7) > . . > > > 5. P.20 Manipulating the Current Process State > 1. Using the set_task_state(task, state) function to set the > given task to the given state. > 6. P.20 Process Context > 1. One of the most important parts of a process is the > executing program code. > 2. When a program executes a system call or triggers an > exception, it enters kernel-space. At this point, the > kernel is said to "be executing on behalf of the process" > and is in process context. > 3. When in process context, the current macro is valid. > 4. All processes are descendents of the init process whose > PID is 1. > 5. Every process on the system has exactly one parent. > Likewise, every process can have one or more children. The > relationship between processes is stored in the process