[Mut@nt] HD51 Unknown kernel process?

[Mickkie]

What type of support thread are you creating?

Possible bug

What OpenViX Image build number are you using?

6.7.019

Have you tried re-flashing WITHOUT settings restore?

NO

Have you tried re-flashing WITH a settings restore?

NO

I noticed a kernel process running on my Mut@nt HD51 with a strange name "ooooooooooooooo":

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND 
 ....
 1337 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.04 [jbd2/sda1-8] 
 1338 root       0 -20       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 [ext4-rsv-conver] 
 1366 root       0 -20       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 [bioset] 
 1387 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.17 [ooooooooooooooo] 
 1388 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.08 [nxsched] 
 1389 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.57 [nxsched]

I checked an Octagon sx988 box and it does not show such a process.
I had installed PlutoTV on the Mut@nt for a couple of weeks, before I noticed it was running out of swap space and at times there was a lot of lag in responding to commands on the remote - so I uninstalled it and rebooted.
Before I try reflashing it, is this an expected kernel process, or is there something wrong with my system? If normal and as it should be, what does it do - what is it for?

 

[birdman]

I suspect this is genuine.
My et8000 (a mips system) has:

root       188     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root       244     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnn]
root       245     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root       246     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root       247     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root       248     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnn]
root       249     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root       250     2  0 09:58 ?        00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

These are kernel processes. Not sure what they do, but they will be needed (and you can't remove them anyway).

 

[Mickkie]

Thank you birdman,

I did try to kill the process just now and you're right, its within the kernel protection domain and cannot be killed. I do recall coming across process names like your [nnnnnnnn] but not [oooooooo] in my travels, in embedded systems. It could be something to do with masking non-printing characters - not sure. :-/