linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: export power_start and power

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 11:45:50 +0200
From:	"Pihet-XID, Jean" <j-pihet@...com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...oldbits.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: export power_start and power_end tracepoints

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...oldbits.com> wrote:
>
>> Adding l-o and linux-pm MLs. The original post is at
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg1186554.html
>>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>> >
>> > * jean.pihet@...oldbits.com <jean.pihet@...oldbits.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Jean Pihet <j-pihet@...com>
>> >>
>> >> If used in a module both tracepoints need to be exported by the
>> >> kernel.
>> >
>> > but it's not used by any module in the kernel AFAICS, so why is this needed?
>> Not currently, that is why the error went unnoticed. I think it is
>> better to fix it now than later.
>>
>> I am working on a plan to clean-up and isolate the OMAP PM code from
>> the core code and to provide the PM functionality as a module. This
>> effort is part of the 'remove the crazy ARM churn' from the kernel.
>
> Feel free to keep this patch with those modifications/cleanups:
>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
> but please make sure you push it together, i.e. never export something
> (knowingly) without having in-tree use for it.
Ok will push the changes together when they are ready.

>
> Thanks,
>
>        Ingo
>

Thanks,
Jean
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