Same process, different threads. The memory is shared across the threads
so the figures for memory usage look worse than they actually are. It's
not a dumb question, it's a dumb threading model, which is why it's been
junked in favour of NPTL in the 2,6* kernels...
Ben
> This may be a dumb question, but can someone explain why one instance
> of MozillaFirebird with only one tab open starts 5 processes each
> using about 25 megs of ram?
>
> 10187 ernie 1525064 24m 14m S 0.0 4.9 0:01.93
> MozillaFirebird
> 10190 ernie 1525064 24m 14m S 0.0 4.9 0:00.00
> MozillaFirebird
> 10191 ernie 1525064 24m 14m S 0.0 4.9 0:00.01
> MozillaFirebird
> 10192 ernie 1525064 24m 14m S 0.0 4.9 0:00.00
> MozillaFirebird
> 10193 ernie 1525064 24m 14m S 0.0 4.9 0:00.00
> MozillaFirebird
>
> Is there a way to see what these extra processes are doing other than
> killing them one by one?
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