[macOS] kernel_task and gotop

[barbariska108]

Required information:

• gotop version (gotop -V): 3.0.0
• The output of uname -a: Darwin catfromhell-pro.local 18.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.5.0: Mon Mar 11 20:40:32 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.251.3~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
• Terminal emulator (e.g. iTerm or gnome terminal): iTerm
• Any relevenat hardware info:

Gotop was overload kernel_task on macOS(default gotop settings)

[cjbassi]

I'm not very familiar with macOS, but isn't kernel_task just a kernel thread? Is the issue that gotop was causing kernel_task to use a lot of resources or was it something else?

[barbariska108]

I'm not very familiar with macOS, but isn't kernel_task just a kernel thread? Is the issue that gotop was causing kernel_task to use a lot of resources or was it something else?

Use-case:

• Start gotop

• Wait 5 mins

• kernel_task overload CPU

• Closing gotop and kernel_task stops overloading CPU