From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Abu M. Muttalib" Subject: FW: significance of process "events/0" Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:45:23 +0530 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Abu, Oops, I forgot to CC the list. That's done now. I suggest you to resend your reply to the list... Hope someone has a clue... :-) Michael. > Hi Mick, > > Thats exactly I want to know. My target after this causes an OOM. > > ~Abu. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Opdenacker [mailto:michael-lists@free-electrons.com] > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:46 PM > To: Abu M. Muttalib > Subject: Re: significance of process "events/0" > > > Hi Abu, > >> While running few of the application on target board, running kernel >> > 2.6.13 > >> compiled for ARM architecture, I get the following ps listings: >> >> PID Uid VmSize Stat Command >> 1 yoku 528 S init [3] >> 2 yoku SWN [ksoftirqd/0] >> 3 yoku SW< [events/0] >> 4 yoku SW< [khelper] >> 5 yoku SW< [kthread] >> 18 yoku SW< [kblockd/0] >> 43 yoku SW [pdflush] >> 44 yoku SW [pdflush] >> 46 yoku SW< [aio/0] >> 45 yoku SW [kswapd0] >> 634 yoku SW [mtdblockd] >> 664 yoku SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd1] >> 773 yoku SW [affixd] >> 800 yoku 540 S disc_mgr >> 807 yoku 764 S btsrv --managekey --nomanagepin >> 808 yoku 424 S BT_ActivityMgr >> 809 yoku 256 S /root/pwr_key_monitor >> 839 yoku 840 S btsdpd -d >> 863 yoku 1316 S /bin/sh >> 879 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 889 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 890 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 891 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 898 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 899 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 900 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 901 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia >> 902 yoku 1416 S < /root/Angelia >> 1101 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1103 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1178 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1180 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1255 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1257 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1332 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1334 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1411 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1413 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1488 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1490 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1565 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1567 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1642 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1644 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1719 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1721 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1796 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1798 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1873 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1875 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1950 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 1952 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2027 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2029 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2104 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2106 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2181 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2183 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2258 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2260 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2337 yoku Z < [events/0] >> 2339 yoku Z < [events/0] >> >> I fail to understand what is the relevance of process "events/0"? >> >> > [events/n] is a kernel thread implementing the default work queue on CPU > #n , which kernel code can use to run code in process context. See > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6916 for more details. > > I just wonder why ps shows many such [events/0] processes (in Zombie > state), instead of just one (like on my GNU/Linux PC, for example)... > > Cheers, > > Michael. > > -- > Michael Opdenacker, Free Electrons > Free Embedded Linux Training Materials > on http://free-electrons.com/training > (More than 1000 pages!) > > > > -- Michael Opdenacker, Free Electrons Free Embedded Linux Training Materials on http://free-electrons.com/training (More than 1000 pages!) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org