Re: distinguish kernel thread / user task

[Brian Gerst]

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).

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				Brian Gerst
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