linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] PF

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Message-ID: <1285005814.2275.790.camel@laptop>
Date:	Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:03:34 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] PF_flags cleaups

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 09:15 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> > One point though, I noticed we actually expose p->flags to userspace,
> > which basically makes PF_flags an ABI, do we care?
> 
> Hmm. Where? And no, I don't think we care. But let's keep it in mind
> if something subtle breaks in surprising ways.

fs/proc/array.c:do_task_stat()

I'll rework the patches and simply move the bits around to another
field. We'll see what falls over.. :-)
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