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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:28:30 +0200
From: "P.A.M. van Dam" <nucleus@ramoth.xs4all.nl>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
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On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 08:23:36PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> said:
> > "peter k." wrote:
> 
> > > 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 is used internally, ignore it.
> 
> I'd advise not to do so in general: It is a rather tempting name for
> crackers to hide illegal activities.

Kernel daemons/threads still use "reserved pids" (< 100 I believe) so it's
pretty to distinguish them. Ofcourse on 128-way SMP machine, things would
be rather difficult. 

Best regards,

	Pascal


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