task_curr(9)

🌸 task_curr 🌸

okay so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to answer one very specific question, bestie: is this task currently executing on a CPU? let's get into it 💅

💖 NAME 💖

task_curr — literally the vibe check for whether a task is currently executing on a CPU ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int task_curr (const struct task_struct *p );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — the task in question, bestie. that's the one you're asking about 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

1 if the task is currently executing. 0 otherwise. no cap, that's the whole return situation 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./kernel/sched/core.c
• wake_q_add(9)
• wake_q_add_safe(9)
• try_to_wake_up(9)
• task_call_func(9)
• cpu_curr_snapshot(9)
• wake_up_process(9)
• preempt_notifier_register(9)
• preempt_notifier_unregister(9)
• prepare_task_switch(9)
• finish_task_switch(9)
• schedule_tail(9)
• schedule_preempt_disabled(9)
• preempt_schedule_notrace(9)
• init_idle(9)
• curr_task(9)

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./kernel/sched, dated October 2026 — iconic, periodt 💜