Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2003 23:51:21 +0200 | From | "J.A. Magallon" <> | Subject | Re: rename the ksoftirqd kernel thread. |
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On 05.15, Martin Hicks wrote: > > Marcelo, > > Please consider this patch for 2.4.22-pre > > It just renames the ksoftirqd kernel thread to be the same as in 2.5. > > The side effect is that on machines with > 100 processors the last > number in the thread name doesn't get truncated. > > The patch is against linux-2.4 bk. > > thanks > mh > > -- > Wild Open Source Inc. mort@wildopensource.com > > > # This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project: > # Project Name: Linux kernel tree > # This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher. > # This patch includes the following deltas: > # ChangeSet 1.1210 -> 1.1211 > # kernel/softirq.c 1.11 -> 1.12 > # > # The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log > # -------------------------------------------- > # 03/05/15 mort@plato.i.bork.org 1.1211 > # Rename the ksoftirqd thread to be the same as in 2.5. > # -------------------------------------------- > # > diff -Nru a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c > --- a/kernel/softirq.c Thu May 15 17:13:08 2003 > +++ b/kernel/softirq.c Thu May 15 17:13:08 2003 > @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ > while (smp_processor_id() != cpu) > schedule(); > > - sprintf(current->comm, "ksoftirqd_CPU%d", bind_cpu); > + sprintf(current->comm, "ksoftirqd/%d", bind_cpu); > > __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); > mb();
Standard Linux 2.4 only supports 32 CPUS (include/linux/threads.h). Wouldn't be useful to format it as %0.2d ? Even in -aa, that supports 64 in 64-bits arches, it would be enough and you get rid of the jump from _CPU9 to _CPU10.
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