From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Sylvain <autofr@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: distinguish kernel thread / user task
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:50:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41B0D18B.3020309@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <64b1faec0412031215b934a9@mail.gmail.com>
Sylvain wrote:
> I am trying to do a tool to record task switching...separating also
> kernel/user tasks, but I got some trouble with that last case.
>
> I confused since "ps" is actually able to distinguish kernel thread
> from user task.
> I wouldn't had a flag if It 's not necessary
>
> Sylvain
>
Pstools doesn't really know the difference between user and kernel
threads. It only shows kernel threads as swapped out (in brackets)
because they have an RSS of zero (since kernel threads have no mm struct).
--
Brian Gerst
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-03 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-03 17:16 distinguish kernel thread / user task Sylvain
2004-12-03 19:24 ` Brian Gerst
2004-12-03 20:15 ` Sylvain
2004-12-03 20:50 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2004-12-03 21:32 ` Sylvain
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