Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: add Kthread flag to /proc/$pid/status

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Apr 16 2023 - 01:53:01 EST


Hi--

On 4/15/23 22:24, Chunguang Wu wrote:
> 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>

LGTM. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 2 ++
> fs/proc/array.c | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 4 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..425824ad85e1 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/array.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/array.c
> @@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ static inline void task_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
> seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "\t", task_session_nr_ns(p, pid->numbers[g].ns));
> #endif
> seq_putc(m, '\n');
> +
> + seq_printf(m, "Kthread:\t%c\n", p->flags & PF_KTHREAD ? '1' : '0');
> }
>
> void render_sigset_t(struct seq_file *m, const char *header,

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~Randy