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workqueue: Rename rescuer kworker

Each CPU-specific and unbound kworker kthread conforms to a particular naming scheme. However, this does not extend to the rescuer kworker. At present, a rescuer kworker is simply named according to its workqueue's name. This can be cryptic. This patch modifies a rescuer to follow the kworker naming scheme. The "R" is indicative of a rescuer and after "-" is its workqueue's name e.g. "kworker/R-ext4-rsv-conver". tj: Use "R" instead of "r" as the prefix to make it more distinctive and consistent with how highpri pools are marked.

Aaron Tomlin committed 3 years ago

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@@ -4642,7 +4642,7 @@ static int init_rescuer(struct workqueue_struct *wq) · 4641 unmodified lines
4642 }4642 }
4643 4643
4644 rescuer->rescue_wq = wq;4644 rescuer->rescue_wq = wq;
4645 rescuer->task = kthread_create(rescuer_thread, rescuer, "%s", wq->name);4645 rescuer->task = kthread_create(rescuer_thread, rescuer, "kworker/R-%s", wq->name);
4646 if (IS_ERR(rescuer->task)) {4646 if (IS_ERR(rescuer->task)) {
4647 ret = PTR_ERR(rescuer->task);4647 ret = PTR_ERR(rescuer->task);
4648 pr_err("workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"%s\": %pe",4648 pr_err("workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"%s\": %pe",