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Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] sched: export task_prio to GPL modules
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On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 16:41 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> LTTng needs this symbol to prepend the current task dynamic priority
> value to events (optional context information).

I absolutely detest exporting such stuff. It propagates the idea that
task prio actually means something. Also, modules really shouldn't care.