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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:10:44 +0300
From:      Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
Subject:   Re: usb kthreads
Message-ID:  <20090813101044.GV1884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
In-Reply-To: <1280352d0908130209m21ae1d48ud2881e84b5e18a78@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20090813073002.GA66860@citylink.fud.org.nz> <20090813082318.GP1884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <1280352d0908130209m21ae1d48ud2881e84b5e18a78@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 2009/8/13 Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:30:02AM -0700, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is an aesthetic patch to change the usb kernel processes to threads,
> > > this hides them from the usual 'ps' output. Please test and review.
> > >
> > > š1290 š?? šDL š š 0:00.00 [usbus0]
> > > š[lots and lots more...]
> > > š1309 š?? šDL š š 0:00.00 [usbus4]
> > >
> > > After the patch they can be seen as kernel threads.
> > >
> > > š PID š šTID COMM š š š š š š TDNAME š š š š š CPU šPRI STATE š WCHAN
> > > š š 0 100000 kernel š š š š š swapper š š š š š š0 š 68 sleep š sched
> > > š š 0 100009 kernel š š š š š firmware taskq š š 0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100020 kernel š š š š š kqueue taskq š š š 0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100021 kernel š š š š š acpi_task_0 š š š š0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100022 kernel š š š š š acpi_task_1 š š š š0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100023 kernel š š š š š acpi_task_2 š š š š0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100027 kernel š š š š š thread taskq š š š 0 š 92 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100031 kernel š š š š š bwi0 taskq š š š š 0 š 16 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100032 kernel š š š š š bwi0 taskq š š š š 0 š 16 sleep š -
> > > š š 0 100106 kernel š š š š š usbus0 š š š š š š 0 š 20 sleep š wmsg
> > > š š 0 100107 kernel š š š š š usbus0 š š š š š š 0 š 16 sleep š wmsg
> > > š š 0 100108 kernel š š š š š usbus0 š š š š š š 0 š 20 sleep š wmsg
> > > š š 0 100109 kernel š š š š š usbus0 š š š š š š 0 š 20 sleep š wmsg
> > > š š [ ... ]
> > > š š 0 100127 kernel š š š š š usbus4 š š š š š š 0 š 20 sleep š wmsg
> > >
> > Can you use this opportunity to change "wmsg" wait channel name
> > to something having "usb" in the name ?
> 
> When the thread is idle this should be `-` ?

Taskqueue loop uses "-" as a name for the wait channel used when no work is
scheduled, see subr_taskqueue.c:404. 

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