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That's what the "kthreadd" kernel process is for. Try this command: ps axo pid,ppid,comm | less The kernel-created processes will all have "kthreadd" as th
by sounds 4y ago
That's what the "kthreadd" kernel process is for.
Try this command:
ps axo pid,ppid,comm | less
The kernel-created processes will all have "kthreadd" as their Parent Process ID (PPID). Typically init and kthreadd are the only processes with a PPID of 0.
- CameronNemo 4y agoYep, and aiui kthreadd on Linux always has a PID of 2. If you are ever trying to filter out kernel processes from ps output (and usermode helpers, apparently), you can check if the pid is 2 or ppid is 2.