#Process

• March, 2017

  #process #elf

  Program Sections

  This is part of The Life of a Process series. This section explains the different sections of a program. Like the BSS, Data etc.
• March, 2017

  #process #exec #syscall

  The exec() system call

  This is part of the series ‘The Life of a process’. This write-up is about the exec system call. We saw about how a process is created, but how is a new program gets loaded? Let’s see here.
• March, 2017

  #process #fork #syscall

  The fork() system call

  This is part of the series titles The Life of a Process. This part tell about how a fork system call works which is required to create a new process.
• July, 2014

  #process #linux #stack

  Call Stack for Beginners - Part 1

  This is part of Life of a Process series, but this one is not an exact continuation of the where it was left, but it should be useful for the overall understanding of a process and its life.
• July, 2013

  #process #linker #loader

  Dynamic linker and loader

  This is a part of the Life of a Process Series. This section explains how libraries are linked and loaded dynamically upon the start of execution of a program.
• July, 2013

  #c #process #shell

  The Birth of a Process

  This is a part of the series on Life of a Process. This section explains how a process is created from the shell.
• July, 2013

  #process #linux

  The life of a Process

  This is a series trying to explain the Life of a process in a Linux system. Will try to cover most of the aspects from the user space to the kernel space.