Re: [PATCH 09/11] sched: export task_prio to GPL modules

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* Greg KH (greg@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 10:56:08PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 16:41 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > LTTng needs this symbol to prepend the current task dynamic priority
> > > value to events (optional context information).
> > 
> > I absolutely detest exporting such stuff. It propagates the idea that
> > task prio actually means something. Also, modules really shouldn't care.
> 
> Mathieu, if you don't have this information, does anything really care?

I can just remove this specific context module, nothing else will care
except the end users, but it's a shame to lose this option.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
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