Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:09:36 -0500 (EST) | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] deprecate the tasklist_lock export |
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Drivers have no business looking at the task list and thus using this > lock. The only possibly modular users left are: > > arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c > drivers/edac/edac_mc.c > fs/binfmt_elf.c > > which I'll send out fixes for soon. >
Hmm, I have some debug modules that do use that lock. Is it possible to export it only if CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL? If this isn't proper either, it's no big deal. I'll just make a patch that exports it, and add it to my kernel before debugging. I'm just asking to make my life more convenient :-)
-- Steve
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