linux-kernel - Re: Unneeded kernel threads (xfs, jfs, gfs2)

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 11:36:02 +0300
From:	Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@...xsol.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
CC:	xfs@....sgi.com, jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	cluster-devel@...hat.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unneeded kernel threads (xfs, jfs, gfs2)

Jan Engelhardt mumbled something about, On 5/13/08 2:21 AM:
> On Tuesday 2008-05-13 00:55, Georgi Chorbadzhiyski wrote:
>> Not needed here, because no jfs partition is in use.
>> Not needed here, because no xfs partition is in use.
>> I dont use gfs2
> 
> You miss the best of Linux. So, why not unload the modules?

ext3 is working just fine for now, thanks (:

>>>  1141 ?        S<     0:00  \_ [block-osm/1]
>> What is osm? Can't find anything in kernel config?
> 
> drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c:#define OSM_NAME        "block-osm"
> 
>>>  1148 ?        S<     0:00  \_ [khpsbpkt]
>> What is this?
> 
> ieee1394/ieee1394_core.c:static struct task_struct *khpsbpkt_thread;

Strange names :)

-- 
Georgi Chorbadzhiyski
http://georgi.unixsol.org/

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