struct task_struct {
	/*
	 * offsets of these are hardcoded elsewhere - touch with care
	 */
	volatile long state;	/* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */
	unsigned long flags;	/* per process flags, defined below */
	int sigpending;
	mm_segment_t addr_limit;	/* thread address space:
					 	0-0xBFFFFFFF for user-thead
						0-0xFFFFFFFF for kernel-thread
					 */
	struct exec_domain *exec_domain;
	volatile long need_resched;
	unsigned long ptrace;

	int lock_depth;		/* Lock depth */

/*
 * offset 32 begins here on 32-bit platforms. We keep
 * all fields in a single cacheline that are needed for
 * the goodness() loop in schedule().
 */
	long counter;
	long nice;
	unsigned long policy;
	struct mm_struct *mm;
	int has_cpu, processor;
	unsigned long cpus_allowed;
	/*
	 * (only the 'next' pointer fits into the cacheline, but
	 * that's just fine.)
	 */
	struct list_head run_list;
	unsigned long sleep_time;

	struct task_struct *next_task, *prev_task;
	struct mm_struct *active_mm;

/* task state */
	struct linux_binfmt *binfmt;
	int exit_code, exit_signal;
	int pdeath_signal;  /*  The signal sent when the parent dies  */
	/* ??? */
	unsigned long personality;
	int did_exec:1;
	pid_t pid;
	pid_t pgrp;
	pid_t tty_old_pgrp;
	pid_t session;
	pid_t tgid;
	/* boolean value for session group leader */
	int leader;
	/* 
	 * pointers to (original) parent process, 
	 * youngest child, younger sibling,
	 * older sibling, respectively.  (p->father can be replaced with 
	 * p->p_pptr->pid)
	 */
	struct task_struct *p_opptr, *p_pptr, *p_cptr, *p_ysptr, *p_osptr;
	struct list_head thread_group;

	/* PID hash table linkage. */
	struct task_struct *pidhash_next;
	struct task_struct **pidhash_pprev;

	wait_queue_head_t wait_chldexit;	/* for wait4() */
	struct completion *vfork_done;		/* for vfork() */
	unsigned long rt_priority;
	unsigned long it_real_value, it_prof_value, it_virt_value;
	unsigned long it_real_incr, it_prof_incr, it_virt_incr;
	struct timer_list real_timer;
	struct tms times;<
	unsigned long start_time;
	long per_cpu_utime[NR_CPUS], per_cpu_stime[NR_CPUS];
/* mm fault and swap info: this can 
   arguably be seen as either mm-specific or thread-specific */
	unsigned long min_flt, maj_flt, nswap, cmin_flt, cmaj_flt, cnswap;
	int swappable:1;
/* process credentials */
	uid_t uid,euid,suid,fsuid;
	gid_t gid,egid,sgid,fsgid;
	int ngroups;
	gid_t	groups[NGROUPS];
	kernel_cap_t   cap_effective, cap_inheritable, cap_permitted;
	int keep_capabilities:1;
	struct user_struct *user;
/* limits */
	struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
	unsigned short used_math;
	char comm[16];
/* file system info */
	int link_count;
	struct tty_struct *tty; /* NULL if no tty */
	unsigned int locks; /* How many file locks are being held */
/* ipc stuff */
	struct sem_undo *semundo;
	struct sem_queue *semsleeping;
/* CPU-specific state of this task */
	struct thread_struct thread;
/* filesystem information */
	struct fs_struct *fs;
/* open file information */
	struct files_struct *files;
/* signal handlers */
	spinlock_t sigmask_lock;	/* Protects signal and blocked */
	struct signal_struct *sig;

	sigset_t blocked;
	struct sigpending pending;

	unsigned long sas_ss_sp;
	size_t sas_ss_size;
	int (*notifier)(void *priv);
	void *notifier_data;
	sigset_t *notifier_mask;
	
/* Thread group tracking */
   	u32 parent_exec_id;
   	u32 self_exec_id;
/* Protection of (de-)allocation: mm, files, fs, tty */
	spinlock_t alloc_lock;
};

#define TASK_RUNNING		0
#define TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE	1
#define TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE	2
#define TASK_ZOMBIE		4
#define TASK_STOPPED		8

#define SET_LINKS(p) do { \
	(p)->next_task = &init_task; \
	(p)->prev_task = init_task.prev_task; \
	init_task.prev_task->next_task = (p); \
	init_task.prev_task = (p); \
	(p)->p_ysptr = NULL; \
	if (((p)->p_osptr = (p)->p_pptr->p_cptr) != NULL) \
		(p)->p_osptr->p_ysptr = p; \
	(p)->p_pptr->p_cptr = p; \
	} while (0)

#define REMOVE_LINKS(p) do { \
	(p)->next_task->prev_task = (p)->prev_task; \
	(p)->prev_task->next_task = (p)->next_task; \
	if ((p)->p_osptr) \
		(p)->p_osptr->p_ysptr = (p)->p_ysptr; \
	if ((p)->p_ysptr) \
		(p)->p_ysptr->p_osptr = (p)->p_osptr; \
	else \
		(p)->p_pptr->p_cptr = (p)->p_osptr; \
	} while (0)

#define for_each_task(p) \
	for (p = &init_task ; (p = p->next_task) != &init_task ; )

#define pid_hashfn(x)	((((x) >> 8) ^ (x)) & (PIDHASH_SZ - 1))

static inline struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid(int pid)
{
	struct task_struct *p, **htable = &pidhash[pid_hashfn(pid)];

	for(p = *htable; p && p->pid != pid; p = p->pidhash_next)
		;

	return p;
}