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Task control block
The kernel data structure holding everything the scheduler needs about a task: its saved stack pointer, priority, state, and queue links. Kernel memory footprint is largely the sum of these blocks and the stacks they point at.
- Also known as
- TCB, Thread control block
- Type
- Component
- Domain
- Embedded Software & Tools, RTOS and scheduling
Notes
Statically allocating TCBs at compile time is a common safety requirement so that task creation cannot fail at runtime.
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