Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:34:44 -0500 | From | Mike Snitzer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] block: rename trace_block_remap to trace_block_bio_remap |
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On Mon, Nov 15 2010 at 3:58pm -0500, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Jens, > > This may have slipped through while you were traveling? > > Patch is also available here: > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/300552/ > > Not sure if this change is concerning on a kABI level?
To be clear: that concern/question was prompted from having taken a quick glance at lwn's kernel summit "KS2010: ABI status for tracepoints" coverage: http://lwn.net/Articles/412685/
But in that article it clearly states: "there are to be no stable tracepoints in drivers or filesystems".
Not sure where that leaves tracepoints for the block layer. Anyway, seems tracepoint kABI is likely a concern for the future (not the immediate future).
So this change would be nice to get in before there is a new tracepoint kABI-aware sheriff in town.
Mike
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