Re: [PATCH 0/2] Don't show PF_IO_WORKER in /proc//task/

Jens Axboe
2021-03-25T19:47:45Z

On 3/25/21 1:42 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:38 PM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-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.

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Jens Axboe