Re: kproc

From: <thorsten2103_at_my-deja.com>
Date: 1999/09/16
Message-ID: <7rr8lr$kpi$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1

In article <7rlglj$17a$1_at_sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>, "Johann Alt" <johann.alt_at_NOSPAMlfe-rz.bayern.de> wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> on our IBM S70 System running under AIX 4.3 is a process
> kproc (user is root)
> taking most of the CPU-power. Can anybody tell me about the origin
of this
> process. I think, kproc is started by the kernel, but I´do not know
> why.
>
> Thanks
> J. Alt
>
>

This is a wait process. Anytime the operating system has nothing to do, the wait process is run. The architecture of AIX requires that at least one pcrocess is always running. It has the lowest possible priority (127) so that it does not interfere with working processes. After a system-reboot the kproc start again at 0:00cpu time.

best regards

Thorsten B.

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