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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:16:43 +0100
From: Sylvain <autofr@gmail.com>
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Subject: distinguish kernel thread / user task
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Hi all,

I have little question while doing some kernel implementation.
How can I distinguish whether a task_struct is actually kernel thread
or mere user task?

My idea was to look at task_struct "mm" field to discriminate them,
but that was wrong...

Thanks,

Sylvain