From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:55:28 +0000 Subject: Re: Move perfmon tables from thread_struct to pfm_context Message-Id: <20060829195528.GA17616@infradead.org> List-Id: References: <20060829110856.A23515@unix-os.sc.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20060829110856.A23515@unix-os.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:08:56AM -0700, Keshavamurthy Anil S wrote: > This patch renders thread_struct->pmcs[] and thread_struct->pmds[] > OBSOLETE. The actual table is moved to pfm_context structure which > is the right thing to do. Also this will in future avoid KABI breakages > for the distro as well when the table size changes. NACK. There is no such thing as a KABI, and any patch the claims to help towards it will automatically be rejected. You should get a doctor to help you stop seeing things like that.