linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] export kernel call get_task

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:11:25 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, suhail.ahmed@...el.com,
	christophe.guerard@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] export kernel call get_task_comm().

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:14:21 -0700
Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:

> > But as David pointed out, if there is work other than mine coming that
> > has already been proposed, wouldn't it be good to get this patch in
> > place now to start the encouragement of future eyes to just call this
> > function than re-invent the wheel?
> 
> No, then those projects submit the patch to export this, if they happen
> to get to mainline before this one does.
> 
> Again, don't export something unless you are using it at the time, no
> "this is to be used hopefully by something in the future" type stuff
> please.  Who knows if those future plans ever pan out.

Well there's an easy solution here.  Send the patch to export
get_task_comm(), then send along some patches which fix

z:/usr/src/linux-2.6.39-rc4> grep -r 'current->comm' drivers | wc -l
89

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