Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751879AbWCNGwn (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:52:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751876AbWCNGwn (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:52:43 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:15045 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751879AbWCNGwm (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:52:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:50:15 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: "Stone, Joshua I" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Exports for hrtimer APIs Message-Id: <20060313225015.7f5fb955.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 22 "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? > Please send a patch, so we can see what's needed. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL would be preferred. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/