Linux Process Management(14) > that exist solely in kernel space. > 2. The significant difference between kernel threads and > normal processes is that kernel threads do not have an > address space and do not context switch into user-space. > Kernel threads are schedulable and preemptable as normal > processes. > 3. > > # ps axw > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1 ? S 0:05 init [5] > 2 ? SW 0:00 [keventd] > 0 ? SWN 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] > 0 ? SW 0:11 [kswapd] > 0 ? SW 0:00 [bdflush] > 0 ? SW 0:00 [kupdated] > 7 ? SW 0:00 [khubd] > 8 ? SW 1:45 [kjournald] > 60 ? SW 0:00 [kapmd] > > > 4. Indeed, a kernel thread can only be created by another