Re: Which process is associated with process ID 0 (swapper)

>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'.



Jan Engelhardt
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