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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs lockd reclaimer: Convert to kthread API
From: Dave Hansen <hansendc@us.ibm.com>
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On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 17:19 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > With pid namespaces all kernel threads will disappear so how do
> > we cope with the problem when the sysadmin can not see the kernel
> > threads?

Do they actually always disappear, or do we keep them in the
init_pid_namespace?

-- Dave