linux-kernel - Re: anyone including <linux/perf

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912161000130.7970@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:01:39 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: anyone including <linux/perf_counter.h>?

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Kyle McMartin wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 09:56:47AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > See the comment at the top, it's being provided to provide the
> > > old names to userspace for a short time, now that the
> > > functionality has been renamed to perf_events.
> >
> >   but if it's supposed to be providing info to user-space,
> > shouldn't it be *exported* to user space?  it's not listed in
> > include/linux/Kbuild.  or am i misunderstanding?
>
> No, you're quite correct, my guess would be that the original
> perf_counter.h header-y line was renamed to perf_event.h, and
> someone forgot to add a new one for the old header.

  so i can submit a patch to do one of two things:

  1) add it into Kbuild, since user-space needs it, or

  2) delete it entirely since it's never been in user-space all
     this time but no one seems to have missed it.  :-)

  thoughts?  i'm fine either way.

rday
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