The command `ps -ef ` and `top -c` mark kernel thread by '[' and ']', but sometimes the result is not correct. The task->flags in /proc/$pid/stat is good, but we need remember the value of PF_KTHREAD is 0x00200000 and convert dec to hex. If we have no binary program and shell script which read /proc/$pid/stat, we can know it directly by `cat /proc/$pid/status`. Signed-off-by: Chunguang Wu <fullspring2018@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 2 ++ fs/proc/array.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst index 9d5fd9424e8b..8a563684586c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:: Gid: 100 100 100 100 FDSize: 256 Groups: 100 14 16 + Kthread: 0 VmPeak: 5004 kB VmSize: 5004 kB VmLck: 0 kB @@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ It's slow but very precise. NSpid descendant namespace process ID hierarchy NSpgid descendant namespace process group ID hierarchy NSsid descendant namespace session ID hierarchy + Kthread kernel thread flag, 1 is yes, 0 is no VmPeak peak virtual memory size VmSize total program size VmLck locked memory size diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c index 9b0315d34c58..fde6a0b92728 100644 --- a/fs/proc/array.c +++ b/fs/proc/array.c @@ -434,6 +434,13 @@ int proc_pid_status(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns, task_state(m, ns, pid, task); + seq_puts(m, "Kthread:\t"); + if (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD) { + seq_puts(m, "1\n"); + } else { + seq_puts(m, "0\n"); + } + if (mm) { task_mem(m, mm); task_core_dumping(m, task); -- 2.39.1