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function::task_parent
Name
function::task_parent — The task_struct of the parent task
Synopsis
task_parent:long(task:long)
Arguments
task- task_struct pointer
Description
This function returns the parent task_struct of the given task. This address can be passed to the various task_*() functions to extract more task-specific data.

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