Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) We're already talking to the procps-ng people exactly
because of this.
because of this.
That said, nobody actually mis-parses anything or overflows any buffers (you'd actually have to work at it to do so), it's just that they don't save the full length of the result.
save the full length of the result.
So we can extend the kernel size (there are others who want it independently of the workqueue issue), but some of the tools simply won't show the full name until updated.
show the full name until updated.
So instead of showing "[kworker/4:2-events]", current procps-ng shows "[kworker/4:2-eve]" for example.
because of this.
That said, nobody actually mis-parses anything or overflows any buffers (you'd actually have to work at it to do so), it's just that they don't save the full length of the result.
save the full length of the result.
So we can extend the kernel size (there are others who want it independently of the workqueue issue), but some of the tools simply won't show the full name until updated.
show the full name until updated.
So instead of showing "[kworker/4:2-events]", current procps-ng shows "[kworker/4:2-eve]" for example.