return MSG_process_get_PID(task->simdata->sender);
}
+/** \ingroup msg_gos_functions
+ * \brief Sets the tracing category of a task.
+ *
+ * This function should be called after the creation of
+ * a MSG task, to define the category of that task. The
+ * first parameter #task must contain a task that was
+ * created with the function #MSG_task_create. The second
+ * parameter #category must contain a category that was
+ * previously declared with the function #TRACE_category
+ * (or with #TRACE_category_with_color).
+ *
+ * See \ref tracing_tracing for details on how to trace
+ * the (categorized) resource utilization.
+ *
+ * \param task the task that is going to be categorized
+ * \param category the name of the category to be associated to the task
+ *
+ * \see MSG_task_get_category, TRACE_category, TRACE_category_with_color
+ */
+void MSG_task_set_category (m_task_t task, const char *category)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_TRACING
+ TRACE_msg_set_task_category (task, category);
+#endif
+}
+
+/** \ingroup msg_gos_functions
+ *
+ * \brief Gets the current tracing category of a task.
+ *
+ * \param task the task to be considered
+ *
+ * \see MSG_task_set_category
+ *
+ * \return Returns the name of the tracing category of the given task, NULL otherwise
+ */
+const char *MSG_task_get_category (m_task_t task)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_TRACING
+ return task->category;
+#else
+ return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
#ifdef MSG_USE_DEPRECATED
/** \ingroup msg_gos_functions
*
