Filter process tree: only show a subtree by root PID

[singalen]

Describe the feature request

In order to monitor a process that spawns extensive number of subprocesses, it would be really great to only display the root process' children.

Additional context/details

One of the ways to do so would be to extend process filter from #59.

• Option 1: introduce functions to the query language. Then, the query will look like childof(1234);
• Option 2: introduce root_pid pseudo-variable, e.g.root_pid=1234. This may be inconsistent with the current implementation, as root_pid is not a real value, but still a function of the root PID that we compare to.
• Option 3: introduce a new operator instead of a function, e.g. pid childof 1234 or pid <- 1234, where <- is a possible substitution for ∈ symbol.

[ClementTsang]

This sounds like a good idea, I can look into adding something like that in the future.

[red010182]

+1 for monitor a single pid (subtree is better).