Hi,
Here's a small patch to remove the `W` flag in the `ps` status column.
This `W` flag appears for every kernel thread in `I` or `S` state with Busybox
`ps` command but it never appears with Procps one.
Here's an example with the two versions of `ps`:
```
$ busybox ps -o pid,stat,comm
PID STAT COMMAND
1 S systemd
2 SW kthreadd
3 IW< rcu_gp
4 IW< rcu_par_gp
5 IW< slub_flushwq
6 IW< netns
8 IW< kworker/0:0H-ev
10 IW< mm_percpu_wq
11 SW rcu_tasks_rude_
12 SW rcu_tasks_trace
13 SW ksoftirqd/0
[...]
$ ps ax
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? Ss 0:20 /sbin/init splash
2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? I< 0:00 [rcu_gp]
4 ? I< 0:00 [rcu_par_gp]
5 ? I< 0:00 [slub_flushwq]
6 ? I< 0:00 [netns]
8 ? I< 0:00 [kworker/0:0H-events_highpri]
10 ? I< 0:00 [mm_percpu_wq]
11 ? S 0:00 [rcu_tasks_rude_]
12 ? S 0:00 [rcu_tasks_trace]
13 ? S 0:57 [ksoftirqd/0]
[...]
```
Note that a `W` flag once existed with Procps, but it is no more used since 2.6
kernel (see ps man page).
Signed-off-by: Christophe Blaess <christophe.bla...@logilin.fr>
---
libbb/procps.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libbb/procps.c b/libbb/procps.c
index f56b71b21..8f210117d 100644
--- a/libbb/procps.c
+++ b/libbb/procps.c
@@ -468,11 +468,6 @@ procps_status_t* FAST_FUNC procps_scan(procps_status_t*
sp, int flags)
sp->state[1] = ' ';
sp->state[2] = ' ';
s_idx = 1;
- if (sp->vsz == 0 && sp->state[0] != 'Z') {
- /* not sure what the purpose of this flag */
- sp->state[1] = 'W';
- s_idx = 2;
- }
if (tasknice != 0) {
if (tasknice < 0)
sp->state[s_idx] = '<';
--
2.34.1
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