linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Don't show PF_IO

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg1XpX=iAv=1HCUReMbEgeN5UogZ4_tbi+ehaHZG6d==g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:42:58 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, io-uring <io-uring@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Stefan Metzmacher <metze@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Don't show PF_IO_WORKER in /proc/<pid>/task/

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:38 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know what the gdb logic is, but maybe there's some other
> option that makes gdb not react to them?

.. maybe we could have a different name for them under the task/
subdirectory, for example (not  just the pid)? Although that probably
messes up 'ps' too..

          Linus