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Top on linux shows kernel threads (all the processes in square brackets), on BSD it doesn't show these afaik. A fresh debian install only lists a handfull of pr

by sigio 1y ago

Top on linux shows kernel threads (all the processes in square brackets), on BSD it doesn't show these afaik. A fresh debian install only lists a handfull of processes (all the expected ones, ssh, systemd, ntp, gettys etc) besides the 200+ kernel-threads.

liendolucas 1y ago
Uh, ok then. I always thought that those were actually real kernel processes. What's the use of having top report those kernel threads? Is it possible to renice them?
- saagarjha 1y ago
  Linux views them all as tasks, and yes you can (although I don't know if top does that).
- BSDobelix 1y ago
  >What's the use of having top report those kernel threads? Just a different "flavor"-default-setting of top, there's not much more behind it.
BSDobelix 1y ago
>on BSD it doesn't show these afaik Your right, you can show the system-processes in top with Shift+S, threads with Shift+H