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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 09/11] sched: export task_prio to GPL modules
    * Greg KH (greg@kroah.com) 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

    --
    Mathieu Desnoyers
    Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
    EfficiOS Inc.
    http://www.efficios.com


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