Question: Is Linux Kernel a Process?
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2 Answers. A kernel is bigger than a process. It creates and manages processes. A kernel is the base of an operating System to make it possible to work with processes.

Is a kernel a process?

The kernel itself is not a process but a process manager. … Each system call sets up the group of parameters that identifies the process request and then executes the hardware-dependent CPU instruction to switch from User Mode to Kernel Mode.

Is kernel a separate process?

No, it is not… Kernel (and kernel extensions) are directly loaded into the memory. If there is unsafe code in kernel, nothing stands between it and big trouble. That aside, kernel basically executes/switches between processes.

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