Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:49:03 -0400 From: Lord Raiden <me@raiden.net> To: cpghost@cordula.ws Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about processes Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20050426174605.00aca310@192.168.0.25> In-Reply-To: <20050426134013.GA38835@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25> <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25>
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>These are kernel threads. 5.x is more modular than 4.x and a lot
>of functionality has been moved to internal threads (for the sake
>of SMP). There's really nothing wrong with this; esp. since the
>number of threads is still pretty small :)
>
>The kernel may create more such threads if it needs them; like e.g.
>when using GBDE or so.
AH! So that explains those. Cool. Good info to know. ^_^ Is
there a benefit to these threads being modular if I might ask? I'm sure
there is, but I'm just curious what they might be. And I didn't think they
took up all that much processor, so I wasn't so worried about that. It
just kinda surprised me when I saw that huge list of processes when I
listed them. hehe.
>I'm using the same hardware here. It is more than fast enough for this.
>Don't worry about those kernel threads, which are idle most of the time.
>The CPU time they consume would have been used up in 4.x too (as system
>time), you would just not see it with ps there as you can see it here.
heh. Yeah, I'm still breaking this one in, but it's been a
fabulous trooper so far and I think it's really going to do a lot of honor
to our old server that's being retired after many, many fine years of
service. :D
Thanks again for the info. Curiousity can lead to learning a lot
of cool things. I know I certainly learned a bunch from this!! ^_^
Steven Lake
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