Questions about processes

[Lord Raiden]

>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!! ^_^


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