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From: Pranav Peshwe <pranavpeshwe@gmail.com>
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Subject: Difference between a kthread and an ordinary process.
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Hello,
         When a kthread is created using the kthread_create (9)
function, i found out that a new instance of struct proc is created
and allocated for the thread just as in case of a creation of a new
process.Also, the thread is assigned a pid as in the case of a
process.
  What is the difference between a kernel thread and a normal process
created using fork ? except the address space sharing with swapper and
kernel mode execution of the kthread. Is a kthread effectively just a
process always running in kernel mode ?

TIA.

Regards,
Pranav.