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What are the five process states in the Linux kernel ?
The five process states in the Linux kernel are as follows −
Running − This is a state where a process is either in running or ready to run. It is the most active state of all. In this state, the process is getting system resources.
Interruptible − This state is a blocked state of a process which waits for an event or a particular time slot.
Uninterruptible − It is also a blocked state and it has a timeout value before going to sleep. It will awake when the timeout value sets off.
Stopped − Once the process is completed, this state occurs and this process can be restarted.
Zombie − It is a dead process and it will be terminated and the information will still be available in the process table.
The five process states in Linux Kernel are depicted below −
The purpose of fork(), exec() and wait() are as follows −
fork() − The fork() system call is used to create a new process (child's) that is identical to the old process(parent). The kernel will assign a new process structure to the child process. If the return value is 0, then it belongs to the child process, or else it belongs to the parent process.
exec() − The exec() system call replaces the currently running process with a new process.
wait() − The wait() system call lets the parent process wait until all child processes have been completed. The wait() call returns immediately if the child process terminates.
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