Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:32:09 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Subject: Re: sosend() and mbuf Message-ID: <4A786289.8010400@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20090804093036.GN1292@hoeg.nl> References: <319cceca0908030119i3432a495ya60aa431dab0e1b1@mail.gmail.com> <86k51k4kvl.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86fxc84ksj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <200908040138.14743.max@love2party.net> <319cceca0908040227hf9a0f92jbf05b11e9f974994@mail.gmail.com> <20090804093036.GN1292@hoeg.nl>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ed Schouten wrote: > Hi, > > * Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com> wrote: >> man kthread says: >> The kthread_create() function is used to create a kernel thread. The new >> thread shares its address space with process 0, the swapper process, and > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> runs in kernel mode only. >> >> However, when i checked the pid & tid of the new created thread it was >> not the same as the parent nor as the proc0 & thread0 > > I am not sure, but sharing another process's address space doesn't have > to imply it shares the same pid, right? > there was a change where kthread_create now actually produces new THREADS in 8.0 but prior to that it produced new processes.. I THOUGHT that change happenned between 6 and 7 but maybe it was between 7 and 8.. do you have a kproc man page? on 8.0, see: man kproc man kthread on 7.0 I think these will show nothing and you should do: man kthread_create
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4A786289.8010400>