From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "Stone, Joshua I" <joshua.i.stone@intel.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Exports for hrtimer APIs
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:29:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060314152900.GD16921@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CBDB88BFD06F7F408399DBCF8776B3DC06A48C31@scsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 02:00:16PM -0800, Stone, Joshua I wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that the hrtimer APIs in 2.6.16 RCs are not exported, and
> therefore modules are unable to use hrtimers. I have not seen any
> discussion on this point, so I presume that this is either an oversight,
> or there has not been any case presented for exporting hrtimers.
>
> I would like to add hrtimer support to SystemTap, which by design
> requires the use of dynamically loaded kernel modules. Can the
> appropriate exports for hrtimers please be added?
NACK. We only add exports when they are a) sensible and b) are used in
kernel.
If you guys want to keep your code out of tree that's your problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-14 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-13 22:00 Exports for hrtimer APIs Stone, Joshua I
2006-03-14 6:50 ` Andrew Morton
2006-03-14 15:29 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2006-03-14 21:15 Stone, Joshua I
2006-03-14 21:31 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-03-14 21:48 Stone, Joshua I
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