Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Collins <> | Subject | Re: kjournald keeps reference to namespace | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:01:40 +0000 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> Paul Collins <paul@briny.ondioline.org> wrote: >> >> Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> writes: >> >> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 05:54:28PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> I think it'd be better to convert ext3 to use the kthread API which >> >> appears to accidentally not have this problem, because such threads >> >> are parented by keventd, which were parented by init. >> > >> > sounds like a plan! >> >> Here's my attempt at such a conversion. Since jbd doesn't seem to >> want to collect an exit status, I didn't bother with kthread_stop(). > > Ah. I already did something similar. > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.16-rc4/2.6.16-rc4-mm2/broken-out/jbd-convert-kjournald-to-kthread-api.patch
Sweet, I managed to get it right at least.
>> I got overexcited and also embedded the journal device in the process >> name, but that's probably useless churn. Looks nice in pstree though: >> >> | `-kjournald/254:1 > > We only have 15 chars for that string - the final one you have there is on > the raggedy edge.
Oh well, it's not that useful anyway. I can count the number of times I've needed to kill a particular kjournald on the fingers of one head.
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