Re: Need help regarding kernel threads

[Keith Owens]

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:57:51 +0100 (BST), 
vinay hegde <thisismevinay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>How to differentiate kernel threads from normal
>processes inside the Linux kernel code? 

The Linux Kernel Debugger (ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4)
distinguishes between idle tasks, sleeping system daemons and the rest
(typically user tasks).  An idle task has pid 0, a sleeping system
daemon has a NULL mm field and is in S state, everything else is
treated as a normal task.

Download the latest kdb common patch and look at function
kdb_task_state_char.

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