ss name is a fixed 16-char array, no extra space is needed in tasks. PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd] 197 ? S 0:00 \_ [jbd2/sda2-8] 198 ? S 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit] 204 ? S 0:00 \_ [flush-8:0] 2647 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfs_mru_cache] 2648 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfslogd/0] 2649 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfsdatad/0] 2650 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfsconvertd/0] 2651 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfsbufd/ram0] 2652 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfsaild/ram0] 2653 ? S 0:00 \_ [xfssyncd/ram0] Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner