How to get details from task_struct
 

I am writing a program for displaying the details of task using the task_struct structure, but i have a problem regarding the initialization of the structure variable.

How would I get the pointer to a task structure of any process..
(I want to access it directly)
please help.........

I'm hoping that someone who's familiar with internals of the Linux kernel will come along, but in the meantime, have you considered using /proc?

For example, for process 1, use /proc/1

For details:

Hope this helps a little.