On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:52:01AM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Yes. And the unidentified feature is NLKD. But as with other notifiers (most
> notably the module unload one), all reasonable kernel debuggers should
> need them (or do explicit patching of the mentioned source files). As I
> explained
>> Am I to conclude then that there's no point in addressing the issues other
>> people pointed out? While I (obviously, since I submitted the patch
>> disagree),
>> I'm not certain how others feel. My main point for disagreement here is (I'm
>> sorry to repeat this) that as long as certain code i
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 18:24 -0800, Matt Helsley wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 12:26 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
> > > in task handling functions, it seem
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:47:00 -0800 Matt Helsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> ...
> > > Am I to conclude then that there's no point in addressing the issues other
> > > people pointed out? While I (obviously, since I submitted the patch
> > > disagree),
> > > I'm not certain how others feel
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 14:14 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:38:03 +
> "Jan Beulich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >>> Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25.12.07 23:05 >>>
> > >On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:26:21 + Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >wrote:
> > >
>
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 12:26 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
> > in task handling functions, it seems reasonable to add notifiers that
> > these components can use
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:03:09 -0600
Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
> > What are those (unidentified) add-on features doing at present?
> > Patching calls into fork.c/exec.c/exit.c?
>
> Most likely. I suspect we have general agreement and awareness
> that such patching is n
Andrew wrote:
> What are those (unidentified) add-on features doing at present?
> Patching calls into fork.c/exec.c/exit.c?
Most likely. I suspect we have general agreement and awareness
that such patching is not something that sells well in Linux-land.
And for good reason in my personal view ...
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:38:03 +
"Jan Beulich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25.12.07 23:05 >>>
> >On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:26:21 + Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> >
>>> Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25.12.07 23:05 >>>
>On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:26:21 + Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> > With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
>> > in task handlin
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:26:21 + Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
> > in task handling functions, it seems reasonable to add notifiers that
> > the
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:11:24PM +, Jan Beulich wrote:
> With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
> in task handling functions, it seems reasonable to add notifiers that
> these components can use instead of having them all patch themselves
> directly into core fi
>Yes, but why export variables? Wouldn't it be better to export
>an API?
>
>That simplifies the callers (they all pass "current" as task
>and "task_notifier_list" as arguments).
>
>It also prevents exposing internal variables (notifier lists
>ARE internal variables) to modules.
>
>What do you t
Hi Jan,
I like and support your idea!
On Thursday 20 December 2007, Jan Beulich wrote:
> With more and more sub-systems/sub-components leaving their footprint
> in task handling functions, it seems reasonable to add notifiers that
> these components can use instead of having them all patch themse
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