From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:17874 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20038639AbWKNMy6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:54:58 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAECtEs7029013; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:15 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id kAECtEoW029012; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:14 GMT Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:14 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: chandrashekar mogilicherla Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: process created when pthread_create is used ?????????? Message-ID: <20061114125514.GA28579@linux-mips.org> References: <69a573da0611140328w16138465lfa7a6268981867e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <69a573da0611140328w16138465lfa7a6268981867e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 13196 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 04:58:46PM +0530, chandrashekar mogilicherla wrote: > Iam using fedora core 2.6.11 kernel on mips machine , Interesting, I wonder where you got that Fedora port from? > "process is getting created when i try to create thread using pthread > library." > > Can anybody explain what is happening out there On a kernel level thread and process are almost identical things which is why they look the same in ps output. The fine differences are more special properties such as a having a private address space. Ralf