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9.3. Task data

These functions return data about a task. They all require a task handle as input, such as the value return by task_current() or the variables prev_task and next_task in the scheduler.ctxswitch probe alias.

9.3.1. task_cpu
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General syntax: 
task_cpu:long (task:long)
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Returns the scheduled cpu for the given task.

9.3.2. task_current
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General syntax: 
task_current:long ()
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Returns the address of the task_struct representing the current process. This address can be passed to the various task_*() functions to extract more task-specific data.

9.3.3. task_egid
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General syntax: 
task_egid:long (task:long)
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Returns the effective group ID of the given task.

9.3.4. task_execname
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General syntax: 
task_execname:string (task:long)
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Returns the name of the given task.

9.3.5. task_euid
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General syntax: 
task_euid:long (task:long)
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Returns the effective user ID of the given task.

9.3.6. task_gid
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General syntax: 
task_gid:long (task:long)
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Returns the group ID of the given task.

9.3.7. task_nice
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General syntax: 
task_nice:long (task:long)
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Returns the nice value of the given task.

9.3.8. task_parent
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General syntax: 
task_parent:long (task:long)
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Returns the address of the parent task_struct of the given task. This address can be passed to the various task_*() functions to extract more task-specific data.

9.3.9. task_pid
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General syntax: 
task_pid:long (task:long)
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Returns the process ID of the given task.

9.3.10. task_prio
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General syntax: 
task_prio:long (task:long)
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Returns the priority value of the given task.

9.3.11. task_state
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General syntax: 
task_state:long (task:long)
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Returns the state of the given task. Possible states are: 
TASK_RUNNING           0
TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE     1
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE   2
TASK_STOPPED           4
TASK_TRACED            8
EXIT_ZOMBIE           16
EXIT_DEAD             32
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9.3.12. task_tid
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General syntax: 
task_tid:long (task:long)
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Returns the thread ID of the given task.

9.3.13. task_uid
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General syntax: 
task_uid:long (task:long)
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Returns the user ID of the given task.

9.3.14. task_open_file_handles
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General syntax: 
task_open_file_handles:long(task:long)
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Returns the number of open file handles for the given task.

9.3.15. task_max_file_handles
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task_max_file_handles:long(task:long)
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Returns the maximum number of file handles for the given task.
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