The tracer wants to be able to convert the state number into a user visible character. This patch pulls that conversion string out the scheduler into the header. This way if it were to ever change, other parts of the kernel will know. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/sched.h | 2 ++ kernel/sched.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-mcount.git/include/linux/sched.h =================================================================== --- linux-mcount.git.orig/include/linux/sched.h 2008-01-25 21:46:55.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-mcount.git/include/linux/sched.h 2008-01-25 21:47:21.000000000 -0500 @@ -2055,6 +2055,8 @@ static inline void migration_init(void) } #endif +#define TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR "RSDTtZX" + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif Index: linux-mcount.git/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-mcount.git.orig/kernel/sched.c 2008-01-25 21:47:19.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-mcount.git/kernel/sched.c 2008-01-25 21:47:21.000000000 -0500 @@ -5149,7 +5149,7 @@ out_unlock: return retval; } -static const char stat_nam[] = "RSDTtZX"; +static const char stat_nam[] = TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR; void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p) { -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/