| Date | Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:38:57 -0500 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/12] export kernel call get_task_comm() |
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 11:34:46AM -0800, james_p_freyensee@linux.intel.com wrote: > From: J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@linux.intel.com> > > This allows drivers who call this function to be compiled modularly. > Otherwise, a driver who is interested in this type of functionality > has to implement their own.
NAK.
From current you can just dereference current->comm, and access from other threads from drivers is a bad idea.
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