Strange kernel process

[Mickkie]

Hi All,

I was looking at running processes with ps and noticed a strange process listed as [ddddddddddddddd] below:

USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
[snip ...]

root 1302 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jan21 0:00 \_ [usb-storage]
root 1334 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jan21 0:01 \_ [jbd2/sda1-8]
root 1335 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Jan21 0:00 \_ [ext4-rsv-conver]
root 1382 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Jan21 0:00 \_
[B]root 1516 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jan21 0:17 \_ [ddddddddddddddd]
root 1517 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jan21 0:06 \_ [nxsched]

Any idea what this process is?

[birdman]

Any idea what this process is?No, but it might be related to these on an et8000:

root 269 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00
[B]root 307 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnn]
root 308 2 1 18:19 ? 00:00:02 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 309 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 310 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 311 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 312 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 313 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
root 337 2 0 18:19 ? 00:00:00 [pp_work]