linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Use task_nice() in function __update_max

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:11:04 -0500
From:	Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Use task_nice() in function __update_max_tr()
 to get the nice value of task.

On 01/22/2014 11:00 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> Bah, I just noticed that TASK_NICE is in kernel/sched/sched.h not
> include/linux/sched.h
>
> Peter, is there a reason that task_nice() is not a static inline in
> sched.h and have these macros there too? They only reference fields in
> task_struct that are already defined there. I don't see why they need
> to be private to kernel/sched.

Agree. These macros are useful to other modules out of kernel/sched.
But they are private to kernel/sched currently.

If we move them to include/linux/sched.h, I will use TASK_NICE in this 
patch.
>
> -- Steve
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -- Steve
>>
>>>   	max_data->policy = tsk->policy;
>>>   	max_data->rt_priority = tsk->rt_priority;
>>>   
>

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