1WAKE_UP_PROCESS(9)               Driver Basics              WAKE_UP_PROCESS(9)
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NAME

6       wake_up_process - Wake up a specific process
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SYNOPSIS

9       int wake_up_process(struct task_struct * p);
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ARGUMENTS

12       p
13           The process to be woken up.
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DESCRIPTION

16       Attempt to wake up the nominated process and move it to the set of
17       runnable processes. Returns 1 if the process was woken up, 0 if it was
18       already running.
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20       It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier
21       before changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
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24Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.       November 2011              WAKE_UP_PROCESS(9)
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