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A New Way of Sleeping in the Linux Kernel




IBM Developerworks: "Linux® kernel 2.6.25 introduced a new process state for putting processes to sleep called TASK_KILLABLE, which offers an alternative to the efficient but potentially unkillable TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and the easy-to-awaken but safer TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. TASK_KILLABLE is the outcome of an issue raised in 2002..."


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