linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] sched.h: extend task comm from 16 to 24 for CONFIG_BASE

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Message-ID: <YV7t748s8vJQS9Bi@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 7 Oct 2021 14:54:07 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc:     pmladek@...e.com, keescook@...omium.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, valentin.schneider@....com,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, qiang.zhang@...driver.com,
        robdclark@...omium.org, christian@...uner.io,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] sched.h: extend task comm from 16 to 24 for
 CONFIG_BASE_FULL

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 12:07:51PM +0000, Yafang Shao wrote:
> Besides the in-tree kthreads listed above, the out-of-tree kthreads may
> also be truncated:
> 
>     rtase_work_queu
>     nvidia-modeset/
>     UVM global queu
>     UVM deferred re
>     ...
> 

Fundamentally we don't give a crap about out of tree stuff. And their
behaviour or not should be of absolutely no concern what so ever for any
patch ever.