Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:16:27 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpuset export symbols gpl |
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:03:36PM -0800, Paul Jackson wrote: > Andrew wrote (of exporting cpuset symbols) > > We normally would do this when such modules are merged. Do tell us more.. > > It was an oversight not to do this when cpusets went in last year, > but we didn't notice, as the loadable module we cared about had a > hack in place from earlier development that avoided needing this. > > In cleaning this up, we realized that the module needed to access > task->cpuset->cpus_allowed, and that the correct (and safe) way to > do this, via cpuset_cpus_allowed(), was not available to the module. > > The other 4 exports I added on general principles, but don't have > any pressing need for. The one I need is cpuset_cpus_allowed(). > > The loadable module in question we call 'dplace', and is used to > provide fancier cpuset-relative task placement by manipulating > task->cpus_allowed at exec.
Again, where is the module. Please submit the change to export the symbols in the same patch series as that module. And honestly I don't think it'll survive review when it's poking that deeply into cpuset internals, but we'll see how to do it properly once it's sent here.
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