1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 6acedc70..9de3cc25 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ int options = 0; /* bitmask of filter criteria to test against */
 #define PCPU 256
 #define ELAPSED 512
 #define EREG_ARGS 1024
+
+#define KTHREAD_PARENT "kthreadd" /* the parent process of kernel threads:
+                                                        ppid of procs are compared to pid of this proc*/
+
 /* Different metrics */
 char *metric_name;
 enum metric {
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ regex_t re_args;
 char *fmt;
 char *fails;
 char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+int kthread_filter = 0;
 
 FILE *ps_input = NULL;
 
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         int procuid = 0;
         pid_t procpid = 0;
         pid_t procppid = 0;
+        pid_t kthread_ppid = 0;
         int procvsz = 0;
         int procrss = 0;
         int procseconds = 0;
@@ -202,6 +208,21 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                         /* Ignore self */
                         if (mypid == procpid) continue;
 
+                        /* filter kernel threads (childs of KTHREAD_PARENT)*/
+                        /* TODO adapt for other OSes than GNU/Linux
+                                        sorry for not doing that, but I've no other OSes to test :-( */
+                        if (kthread_filter == 1) {
+                                /* get pid KTHREAD_PARENT */
+                                if (kthread_ppid == 0 && !strcmp(procprog, KTHREAD_PARENT) )
+                                        kthread_ppid = procpid;
+
+                                if (kthread_ppid == procppid) {
+                                        if (verbose >= 2)
+                                                printf ("Ignore kernel thread: pid=%d ppid=%d prog=%s args=%s\n", procpid, procppid, procprog, procargs);
+                                        continue;
+                                }
+                        }
+
                         if ((options & STAT) && (strstr (statopts, procstat)))
                                 resultsum |= STAT;
                         if ((options & ARGS) && procargs && (strstr (procargs, args) != NULL))
@@ -344,6 +365,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                 {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
                 {"ereg-argument-array", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX+1},
                 {"input-file", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX+2},
+                {"no-kthreads", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
                 {0, 0, 0, 0}
         };
 
@@ -352,7 +374,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
 
         while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvht:c:w:p:s:u:C:a:z:r:m:P:", 
+                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvhkt:c:w:p:s:u:C:a:z:r:m:P:",
                         longopts, &option);
 
                 if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
@@ -496,6 +518,9 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                                 
                         usage4 (_("Metric must be one of PROCS, VSZ, RSS, CPU, ELAPSED!"));
+                case 'k':       /* linux kernel thread filter */
+                        kthread_filter = 1;
+                        break;
                 case 'v':                                                                       /* command */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
@@ -671,6 +696,8 @@ print_help (void)
   printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with args that contain the regex STRING."));
   printf (" %s\n", "-C, --command=COMMAND");
   printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for exact matches of COMMAND (without path)."));
+  printf (" %s\n", "-k, --no-kthreads");
+  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for non kernel threads (works on Linux only)."));
 
         printf(_("\n\
 RANGEs are specified 'min:max' or 'min:' or ':max' (or 'max'). If\n\
@@ -705,5 +732,5 @@ print_usage (void)
   printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
         printf ("%s -w <range> -c <range> [-m metric] [-s state] [-p ppid]\n", progname);
   printf (" [-u user] [-r rss] [-z vsz] [-P %%cpu] [-a argument-array]\n");
-  printf (" [-C command] [-t timeout] [-v]\n");
+  printf (" [-C command] [-k] [-t timeout] [-v]\n");
 }