linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: make alloc_workqueue() take printf fmt and args for name

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Message-ID: <20111114200100.GA18155@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:01:00 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpm@....com, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: make alloc_workqueue() take printf fmt and
 args for name

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:42:48AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Christoph, you probably were seeing the rescuer_task->comm in ps
> output.  wq->name currently is currently only used for error
> reporting.
> 
> I don't really mind this patch going through a different tree as I
> don't have any other wq changes scheduled at this point, so please
> feel free to route this through xfs or -mm.

Ben pointed the bug out in a patch that I'd like to get into 3.2
and -stable.  I'll probably repost it with a local workaround for now,
and will switch to the nicer interface later.

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