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

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Message-ID: <3a1c02a5-db6d-e3e1-6ff5-69dd7cd61258@kernel.dk>
Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:46:46 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     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 3/25/21 1:42 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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..

Heh, I can try, but my guess is that it would mess up _something_, if
not ps/top.

-- 
Jens Axboe