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So if PID 0 is swapper, then what is kswapd[0-9]*, which on my system has PID 52 currently? It seems to also be responsible for paging.

Ruslan
– Ruslan

2017-01-12 12:35:08 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 12:35
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@Ruslan - if you have follow on questions please ask them on the main site, comments are not meant for this. Reference this question in your new question.

slm
– slm ♦

2017-01-12 13:43:37 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 13:43
well, but when we create a new process using fork child process get pid 0?

roottraveller
– roottraveller

2017-09-09 06:32:47 +00:00
Commented Sep 9, 2017 at 6:32
@roottraveller not necessarily, whatever the parents PID is where the fork occurred will be what shows up.

slm
– slm ♦

2017-09-09 12:03:01 +00:00
Commented Sep 9, 2017 at 12:03
@slm that's not what @/roottraveller is asking.

mtraceur
– mtraceur

2022-10-04 22:44:41 +00:00
Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 22:44

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