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diff --git a/hurd/libps.mdwn b/hurd/libps.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05ab3ad1 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/libps.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +`libps` provides an API for accessing process information. An alternative is a +[[Linux-compatible `/proc` filesystem|translator/procfs]]. + + +# IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2013-03-09 + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] + + <Steap> what's the difference between PSTAT_STATE_P_STOP and + PSTAT_STATE_T_HALT in libps/ps.h ? + <youpi> Steap: from reading the gnumach source, it seems halted threads are + thread which have finished they work but not finished terminating yet + <youpi> while STOP is the standard preempted state + <youpi> i.e. not sleeping, but have handed cpu to another thread + <Steap> youpi: thanks. Is this "halted" state similar to anything in Linux + ? + <youpi> TASK_DEAD, probably |