Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752635AbZLYI2P (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:28:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751900AbZLYI2O (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:28:14 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:42977 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750957AbZLYI2N (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:28:13 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:30:28 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andrew Morton Cc: Andi Kleen , "Smith, GeoffX" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Michael Stone Subject: Re: [PATCH] prctl: return MCE process flags through pointer Message-ID: <20091225093028.5a0afaf7@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20091223021807.abbd993e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <354B2877CF17F44BB3FA44EB4DB0E5470C91CE1829@orsmsx510.amr.corp.intel.com> <87hbricwz8.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20091222173424.980d5d33.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091223095223.GB20539@basil.fritz.box> <20091223021807.abbd993e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 26 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:18:07 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote: > > Regarding "prctl: return timerslack through pointer": are there any > known users of PR_GET_TIMERSLACK yet? I only have a SET_ user, not a GET_; I added the GET_ for API symmetry. > > Why are task_struct.timer_slack_ns and > task_struct.default_timer_slack_ns unsigned long, btw? AFACIT we > could make them unsigned ints. I can't remember any particular reason at this point. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- 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/