One last question, with what frequency is the information in kinfo_proc updated in virtual memory?
I've ran into issues where an invalid value is returned intermittently so i fear that i'm polling the kernel too often for this info. 2009/6/2 nocturnal <[email protected]> > Disregard my last e-mail, i found the very extensive structure of > kinfo_proc in sys/user.h. > > 2009/6/2 nocturnal <[email protected]> > > First of all thank you for your help Dan. >> >> One last question though, does anyone have the structure of the kinfo_proc >> struct? In kvm.h it seems to be defined transparently and i would very much >> like to know where in this struct i can find the CPU ID. >> >> 2009/6/1 Dan Nelson <[email protected]> >> >> In the last episode (Jun 01), nocturnal said: >>> > 2009/6/1 nocturnal <[email protected]> >>> > > I've been searching the web, all i want is to show which CPU is >>> > > currently executing a certain thread. Is this info available to me >>> in >>> > > user space? Which manuals should i read to do this? >>> > > >>> > > I know Solaris has something about lwp that can show the last CPU >>> used, >>> > > i think. I would be happy if FreeBSD had something similar so it >>> > > doesn't have to be very live or accurate. >>> > > >>> > > Thank you in advance for any info or hints. >>> > >>> > I'm more after a programming API for this and when i search the web all >>> i >>> > find is people saying it cannot be done on FreeBSD in userspace, yet. >>> > >>> > Solaris and Linux can do it but FreeBSD doesn't have this in user >>> space. >>> >>> FreeBSD can and does. See the kvm_getprocs manpage, and take a look at >>> /usr/src/bin/ps/ps.c or /usr/src/usr.bin/top/machine.c to see how it's >>> used. >>> >>> > Is anyone working on it, what is the status? Will it be part of SMPng? >>> >>> SMPng went into FeeeBSD 5.0.. you must be reading some old mailing list >>> archives :) >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Nelson >>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Med vänliga hälsningar >> >> Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal >> [SWEHACK] http://swehack.se >> > > > > -- > > > Med vänliga hälsningar > > Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal > [SWEHACK] http://swehack.se > -- Med vänliga hälsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [SWEHACK] http://swehack.se _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
