From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: "peter k." <spam-goes-to-dev-null@gmx.net>
Cc: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:36:05 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010721133605.C3667@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMCECBCKAA.davids@webmaster.com> <002f01c11202$60f22100$c20e9c3e@host1>
In-Reply-To: <002f01c11202$60f22100$c20e9c3e@host1>; from spam-goes-to-dev-null@gmx.net on Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 06:29:37PM +0200
Em Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 06:29:37PM +0200, peter k. escreveu:
>
> > > 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.
>
> why wasnt it run in previous kernels? im just wondering why it suddenly
because previous kernels had problems that Andrea's approach fixes? Read
the archives for the thread about it.
- Arnaldo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-21 16:36 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 ` 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0" peter k.
2001-07-21 16:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
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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