Re: [PATCH] include children count, in Threads: field present in /proc/<pid>/status (take-3)

[girish <girishvg@gmail.com>]

> >  PID COMMAND      %CPU   TIME   #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT  RSHRD   
> > RSIZE  VSIZE
> > 22429 top         16.6%  0:21.12   1    18    20  1.35M   684K   
> > 1.77M  26.9M
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > ---
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Comments/opinions?
>
> I fail to see which column you mean.
>
> #TH perhaps? I think, that can be calculated under linux by
>
>  (a) counting the directories in /proc/22429/task using readdir
> or

I have implemented the child_count script, in this way. I was  
wondering what is more convenient.


>  (b) get the nlink of /proc/22429/task and subtract 2, which should  
> give
>      the same as (a), and, better than (a), should also be atomic

This one, is good. I did not think about this approach. 
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