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To: "Mike Black" <mblack@csihq.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0" 
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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:42:04 -0400
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
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"Mike Black" <mblack@csihq.com> said:
> Actually -- is it possible (or desirable) to make ALL kernel daemons begin
> with say "_" or some other special character to distinguish them from
> userland threads?  The "k......d" paradigm is OK but not very distinctive.
> That way you have a simple line in the kernel docs that says "Any process
> with a leading _ is a kernel process and should NEVER be killed or otherwise
> messed with except as noted elsewhere in the docs".

It is rather easy to fake any process name.
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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
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