From: "peter k." <spam-goes-to-dev-null@gmx.net>
To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:29:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <002f01c11202$60f22100$c20e9c3e@host1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMCECBCKAA.davids@webmaster.com>
> > i just installed 2.4.7, now a new process called "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
> > is started
> > automatically when booting (by the kernel obviously)? why? what
> > does it do?
> > i didnt find any useful information on it in linuxdoc / linux-kernel
> > archives
>
> It's the kernel soft IRQ daemon. It provides a context from which to
> execute 'slow' code that was triggered by an interrupt. There will be one
> per CPU.
>
> DS
why wasnt it run in previous kernels? im just wondering why it suddenly
appeared without anyone saying a word about it ;)
next parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-21 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMCECBCKAA.davids@webmaster.com>
2001-07-21 16:29 ` peter k. [this message]
2001-07-21 16:36 ` 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0" Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2001-07-21 17:15 ` Dave Jones
2001-07-21 16:08 peter k.
2001-07-21 16:15 ` peter k.
2001-07-21 16:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-07-21 23:37 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-07-22 0:23 ` Horst von Brand
2001-07-22 9:28 ` P.A.M. van Dam
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