for_each_process是宏循环控制语句,内核开发者可它扫描整个进程链表。
/**
* list_entry - get the struct for this entry
* @ptr: the &struct list_head pointer.
* @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*/
/**
* 返回链表结构
*/
#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) \
container_of(ptr, type, member)
/**
* container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
*
* @ptr: the pointer to the member.
* @type: the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
* @member: the name of the member within the struct.
*
*/
#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \
const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \
(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
#define next_task(p) list_entry((p)->tasks.next, struct task_struct, tasks)
#define for_each_process(p) \
for (p = &init_task ; (p = next_task(p)) != &init_task ; )
详细可参考:http://www.cnblogs.com/sdphome/archive/2011/09/14/2176624.html
http://www.cnblogs.com/hicjiajia/archive/2012/07/01/2571791.html
http://radek.io/2012/11/10/magical-container_of-macro/