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>&#13;Here is a description of the colors used in the control flow view. Each color
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>&#13;White : this color is used for process from which state is not known. It may
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>&#13;Green : This color is only used for process when they are running in user mode.
That includes execution of all the source code of an executable as well as the
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>&#13;Pale blue : A process is doing a system call to the kernel, and the mode is
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>&#13;Yellow : The kernel is running a trap that services a fault. The most frequent
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>&#13;Orange : IRQ servicing routine is running. It interrupts the currently running
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the state of the process. IRQ can be nested : a higher priority interrupt can
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>&#13;Dark red : A process in that state is waiting for an input/output operation to
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>&#13;Dark yellow : A process is ready to run, but waiting to get the CPU (a schedule
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>&#13;Dark purple : A process in zombie state. This state happens when a process
exits and then waits for the parent to wait for it (wait() or waitpid()).
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>&#13;Dark green : A process has just been created by its parent and is waiting for
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>&#13;Magenta : The process has exited, but still has the control of the CPU. It may
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91	><P
92	> Here is a description of the colors used in the control flow view. Each color
93	represents a state of the process at a given time.
94	</P
95	><P
96	></P
97	><UL
98	><LI
99	><P
100	> White : this color is used for process from which state is not known. It may
101	happen when you seek quickly at a far time in the trace just after it has been
102	launched. At that moment, the precomputed state information is incomplete. The
103	"unknown" state is used to identify this. Note that the viewer gets refreshed
104	once the precomputation ends.
105	</P
106	></LI
107	><LI
108	><P
109	> Green : This color is only used for process when they are running in user mode.
110	That includes execution of all the source code of an executable as well as the
111	libraries it uses.
112	</P
113	></LI
114	><LI
115	><P
116	> Pale blue : A process is doing a system call to the kernel, and the mode is
117	switched from process limited rights to super user mode. Only code from the
118	kernel (including modules) should be run in that state.
119	</P
120	></LI
121	><LI
122	><P
123	> Yellow : The kernel is running a trap that services a fault. The most frequent
124	trap is the memory page fault trap : it is called every time a page is missing
125	from physical memory.
126	</P
127	></LI
128	><LI
129	><P
130	> Orange : IRQ servicing routine is running. It interrupts the currently running
131	process. As the IRQ does not change the currently running process (on some
132	architectures it uses the same stack as the process), the IRQ state is shown in
133	the state of the process. IRQ can be nested : a higher priority interrupt can
134	interrupt a lower priority interrupt.
135	</P
136	></LI
137	><LI
138	><P
139	> Dark red : A process in that state is waiting for an input/output operation to
140	complete before it can continue its execution.
141	</P
142	></LI
143	><LI
144	><P
145	> Dark yellow : A process is ready to run, but waiting to get the CPU (a schedule
146	in event).
147	</P
148	></LI
149	><LI
150	><P
151	> Dark purple : A process in zombie state. This state happens when a process
152	exits and then waits for the parent to wait for it (wait() or waitpid()).
153	</P
154	></LI
155	><LI
156	><P
157	> Dark green : A process has just been created by its parent and is waiting for
158	first scheduling.
159	</P
160	></LI
161	><LI
162	><P
163	> Magenta : The process has exited, but still has the control of the CPU. It may
164	happend if it has some tasks to do in the exit system call.
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