linux-kernel - Re: Fix powerTOP regression with 2.6.39-rc5

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Message-ID: <BANLkTi=KVXjKR82sqsz4gwjr+E0vtqCmvA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 May 2011 14:24:05 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: Fix powerTOP regression with 2.6.39-rc5

On 5/6/11, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:51 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> Um, this is an internal tracepoint. Does this mean that all internal
> data inside the kernel that is exported with trace events are locked
> down?

 it's clearly NOT an internal tracepoint. By definition. It's being
used by powertop.

What part of "reality" vs "your wishes" didn't you understand?

               Linus

>
>>
>> I
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