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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:18:59 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix kernel thread names that might offend users. On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:54:08 +0200 Johannes Weiner wrote: > More and more GNOME users (especially Ubuntu) get confused by their > process list showing several process names that seem to indicate > KDE-related services. so s/offend/confuse/ > To settle things down a bit on the bugtrackers, this patch renames all > offending kernel threads into something that goes better with > GNOME-based systems. > > Since KDE is essentially dead, the thread-names are not made > compile-time configurable but rather just renamed completely here to > fit modern distributions. but, but, the 'k' means kernel. Is that so bad? and [OT], why is KDE essentially dead? > --- > > Please note that these hard-coded names are going to be removed soon > completely in another patch series that makes kernel thread names more > `themable' in the sense that users may supply a format string in > /proc/sys/kernel/kthread_fmt which allows having customizable names > like "-=[acpid]=-" or similar. WHY? Just eye candy + bloat in the kernel? > Also, please let me know if I forgot something. --- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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