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Context Switching Internals: Part 1 - Process State and Memory

blog.codingconfessions.com/p/l

Abhinav Upadhyay writes: '"How does the represent processes and their state: A breakdown of task_struct and mm_struct

At first glance, context switching seems straightforward—save the current process's registers, switch page tables and stacks, and restore the new process's registers.

However, the reality is much more complex, involving […]"'

great read for my operating system students! #inf107