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SubjectRe: Which process is associated with process ID 0 (swapper)
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On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 11:30 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:

> 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.

include/linux/init_task.h
.pgd = swapper_pg_dir,
.comm = "swapper",

You don't make enough nuclear powered kernels :)

-Mike

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