top show alot of stuff i've not seen before

[bootdoc]

here the process list from top. Notice the -5 nice values. can anyone interpret this for me? Seems like a lot of stuff that doesn't need to be running.

2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.76 events/0
7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
39 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 kblockd/0
42 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
43 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpi_notify
152 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
197 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.90 kswapd0
240 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
1515 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd
1518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
1536 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:25.14 ata/0
1542 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux
1547 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt
2308 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:30.50 scsi_eh_0
2310 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
2337 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_2
2341 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_3
2376 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_4
2377 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_5
2420 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_7
2421 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_8
2422 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_9
2423 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_10
2467 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0
2653 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 kjournald
2887 root 16 -4 17168 1284 384 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.36 udevd
4518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.46 kjournald
4519 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 kjournald
4851 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4852 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4857 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4859 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
5014 root 20 0 13208 1768 708 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid
5065 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.62 kondemand/0

[Snowhog]

Re: top show alot of stuff i've not seen before

I see them too. They are system processes and take no percentage of CPU or MEM.

[dibl]

Re: top show alot of stuff i've not seen before

Yep, what Snowhog said -- looks pretty normal. I'm booted into sidux at the moment, running KDE 3.5.9 -- here's the top output, fyi:

3716 dibl    20  0 226m 80m 30m S  4 2.0  1:05.88 compiz.real
 3469 root   20  0 238m 56m 10m R  4 1.4  3:27.09 Xorg
 3653 dibl    20  0 582m 54m 34m S  3 1.4  3:00.21 amarokapp
 4439 dibl    20  0 420m 129m 22m S  3 3.3  1:39.94 firefox-bin
 3646 dibl    20  0 218m 10m 7828 S  1 0.3  0:39.99 gkrellm
 2780 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.87 kondemand/0
 6576 dibl    20  0 166m 15m 10m S  0 0.4  0:00.65 konsole
 6590 dibl    20  0 18960 1300 952 R  0 0.0  0:00.27 top
  1 root   20  0 10312 748 620 S  0 0.0  0:00.35 init
  2 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kthreadd
  3 root   RT -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 migration/0
  4 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
  5 root   RT -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 migration/1
  6 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
  7 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.38 events/0
  8 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.01 events/1
  9 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 khelper
  44 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.06 kblockd/0
  45 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kblockd/1
  47 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kacpid
  48 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kacpi_notify
 125 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kseriod
 171 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kswapd0
 215 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 aio/0
 216 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 aio/1
 516 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.07 ksuspend_usbd
 523 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 khubd
 570 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.74 ata/0
 571 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.02 ata/1
 584 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ata_aux
 779 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 scsi_eh_0
 780 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
 781 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 scsi_eh_2
 782 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 scsi_eh_3
 809 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:01.29 scsi_eh_4
 811 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 scsi_eh_5
 1133 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kstriped
 1138 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ksnapd
 1168 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.07 jfsIO
 1169 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.39 jfsCommit
 1170 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.38 jfsCommit
 1171 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 jfsSync
 1253 root   16 -4 18292 2436 496 S  0 0.1  0:00.38 udevd
 1507 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 edac-poller
 1709 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kpsmoused
 2079 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ivtv0/0
 2082 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 ivtv0/1
 2460 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kjournald
 2461 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 kjournald
 2466 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 xfslogd/0
 2469 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 xfslogd/1
 2470 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 xfsdatad/0
 2471 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 xfsdatad/1
 2472 root   15 -5   0  0  0 S  0 0.0  0:00.00 xfs_mru_cache

[bootdoc]

Re: top show alot of stuff i've not seen before

Thanks for the replies. I'm happy to know that they are supposed to be there. Be nice if I knew what it all was. Any place to go to find out?

[Snowhog]

Re: top show alot of stuff i've not seen before

Items listed in Top that end in 'd' are daemons, which are usually started at boot.