Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750714AbWCNP3D (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:29:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751418AbWCNP3D (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:29:03 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:61391 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750714AbWCNP3B (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:29:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:29:00 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Stone, Joshua I" Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Exports for hrtimer APIs Message-ID: <20060314152900.GD16921@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "Stone, Joshua I" , LKML References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 943 Lines: 21 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. - 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/