> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Tomasz Torcz <tomek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dnia 20-02-2008, śro o godzinie 10:40 -1000, Dave Burns pisze: > > > When I do ps -ef, I see a mysterious process: > > > > > > ps -ef|grep scsi_eh_5 > > > root 31004 11 0 09:29 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_5] > > > > > > How do I figure out what is really running, what rpm its from, etc.? > > > What do the brackets [...] indicate? > > > > "ps" prints brackets when process arguments are not available to read. What gets put inside the brackets? > > This is typical for kernel threads. So [] always means kernel thread, or sometimes? Usually? Kernel thread until proven innocent? > >scsi_eh_5 is a kernel thread, a SCSI > > Error Handler. It is spawned for each SCSI host in computer (there > > should be EH thread for each /sys/class/scsi_host/* ) How did you figure this out? What documentation could I consult to find this answer myself? The actual answer to the question is less important to me than learning how to find the answer. Thanks, Dave > > > > > > -- > > Tomasz Torcz > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > >