linux-kernel - [PATCH -rt] shorten softirq kernel thread names

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Date:	Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:42:53 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -rt] shorten softirq kernel thread names

Subject: -rt: shorten softirq kernel thread names

Shorten the softirq kernel thread names because they often overflow
the limited comm length.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
---
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index a9e1b08..385ed5b 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_SOFTIRQ; i++) {
 			p = kthread_create(ksoftirqd,
 					   &per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu)[i],
-					   "softirq-%s/%d", softirq_names[i],
+					   "sirq-%s/%d", softirq_names[i],
 					   hotcpu);
 			if (IS_ERR(p)) {
 				printk("ksoftirqd %d for %i failed\n", i,


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