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Message-Id: <20110420161125.3449d4fd.akpm@linux-foundation.org> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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