number of threads for task/processes

[mario_43]

Hi folk,

I'd like know the number of threads associate with every task/processes the system show me in ouptut at the ps -ef command.
I read the "man ps" but I didn't find the answer.
Who know waht to do?
Thanks in advance.
M.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

The kernel parameter 'max_thread_proc' controls the number of threads a process can create at a time. 'nkthread' sets the maximum number of threads system-wide.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi,
the only tool i know that can do that is glace.

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Massimo

[James Murtagh]

Hi Mario,

for hpux 11.00 and later you can use the attached program. Just compile it with no special options and run. It takes the pid as the argument, i.e.

# ./threads 2081

Process 2081 has 3 threads

regards,

James.

[Tim D Fulford]

glance give the number of threads attached to a process

Regards

Tim

[Mike Stroyan]

Note that glance and pstat_getproc used by James Murtagh's program both report kernel threads. They won't see libcma style threads used by 10.20 programs (and a few programs linked on 11.x with libcma threads).
Programs linked on 11.22 and later (on Itanium) will default to "MxN" threads which migrate user space threads among a pool of kernel threads. That can make thread counting complicated.