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

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Message-ID: <482B1FD7.70108@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 19:22:31 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@...xsol.org>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>, 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)

Georgi Chorbadzhiyski wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt mumbled something about, On 5/13/08 2:21 AM:
>> On Tuesday 2008-05-13 00:55, Georgi Chorbadzhiyski wrote:
>>>>  1148 ?        S<     0:00  \_ [khpsbpkt]
>>> What is this?
>> 
>> ieee1394/ieee1394_core.c:static struct task_struct *khpsbpkt_thread;
> 
> Strange names :)

Fixed in drivers/firewire/.  :-)

PS:
"k" = kernel
"hpsb" = High Performance Serial Bus ( = IEEE 1394)
"pkt" = packet  (The thread completes split transactions associated with
outbound request packets.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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