Process Management & Scheduling (Part 0): Essential Kernel Structures

This article introduces the core Linux kernel data structures involved in process management and scheduling—task_struct, sched_entity, rq, and sched_avg—explaining their key fields, relationships, and how they enable the kernel to track process state, timing, memory, and load‑balancing decisions.

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Process Management & Scheduling (Part 0): Essential Kernel Structures