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Re: /proc/0


> Hi everybody!
> 
> 	A simple question: I don't have an entry for the kernel 
> idle thread (PID=0) under /proc (i.e. /proc/0 doesn't 
> exists). Is it normal?. Why?. Doesn't the kernel idle 
> thread have a normal process entry?. 

 The for_each_task() macro starts at init task (PID 1) and goes through

all processes in the circular linked list. PID 0 ('swapper' process) is
not on this list. Since for_each_task is used to create/display the 
entries in /proc, you won't see /proc/0.

-Ravi.

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