Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757744AbXJXPaa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:30:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754062AbXJXPaW (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:30:22 -0400 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:1235 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754225AbXJXPaV convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:30:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Oct 2007 15:30:18.0713 (UTC) FILETIME=[C881AC90:01C81652] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: kernel processes - are they really needed? Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:30:17 -0400 Message-ID: In-reply-to: <8bf247760710240637w686f1a2fxdf63a649787eca25@mail.gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: kernel processes - are they really needed? Thread-Index: AcgWUsinGzBPmwWLTHuycyM8cOnRYg== References: <8bf247760710240637w686f1a2fxdf63a649787eca25@mail.gmail.com> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Ram" Cc: Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1966 Lines: 51 On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Ram wrote: > Hi, > When i do ps -l. i see the following processes which are obviously > started by kernel. > > Could any one tell me what each of these processes do and can > anyone of them can be removed.? > > PID Uid VmSize Stat Command > 1 root 584 S init > 2 root SWN [ksoftirqd/0] > 3 root SW [watchdog/0] > 4 root SW< [events/0] > 5 root SW< [khelper] > 6 root SW< [kthread] > 23 root SW< [kblockd/0] > 38 root SW [pdflush] > 39 root SW [pdflush] > 40 root SW< [kswapd0] > 41 root SW< [aio/0] > 85 root SW [mtdblockd] > 116 root SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd9] > Regards, > ram > - Init is the 'mother' of all processes. It sleeps using no resources until some other process terminates. At that time,...............learn about Unix somewhere else. Other tasks are essential as well. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.59 BogoMips). My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _ **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/