What is a WRITING CHANNEL?

fluoridalex · 02-16-2011, 10:42 AM

-- I edited Writing to Waiting channel , this is a type, my question is with regard to what a
"waiting channel is"? -- sorry for the confusion
Dear community.

Looking at the System Monitor I can see the column "Waiting channel" which
is filled in with values like kthreadd, worker_thread, kjournald etc.

I have no idea what this informaiton gives me. can somebody give me a clue?

alex

syg00 · 02-16-2011, 12:04 PM

I would expect that to be waiting channel - but I wouldn't expect kernel threads to be listed either.
Let's see a screenshot; just attach it.

fluoridalex · 02-17-2011, 09:53 AM

hi syg00,

I am sorry, you are right. It was a typo, I was really looking for an explenation to what a "WAITING channel" is?
here is a screenshot

fluoridalex · 02-17-2011, 09:55 AM

I hope this time it attaches the uploaded screenshot

syg00 · 02-17-2011, 05:34 PM

Don't go back and edit prior posts - it disrupts the flow of the thread for later readers. And pisses of people trying to help - in this case me.

A quick google found this - as good an explanation as any.