Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-23 Thread Matt Helsley
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 09:46 +, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> +BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(task_notifier_list); > >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_notifier_list); > >> +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(atomic_task_notifier_list); > >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_task_notifier_list); > >> + > > > >When these global notifier

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-23 Thread Matt Helsley
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 09:46 +, Jan Beulich wrote: +BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(task_notifier_list); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_notifier_list); +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(atomic_task_notifier_list); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_task_notifier_list); + When these global notifier lists were proposed

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-09 Thread Jan Beulich
>> +BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(task_notifier_list); >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_notifier_list); >> +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(atomic_task_notifier_list); >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_task_notifier_list); >> + > >When these global notifier lists were proposed years ago folks at SGI >loudly objected with

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-09 Thread Jan Beulich
+BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(task_notifier_list); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_notifier_list); +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(atomic_task_notifier_list); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_task_notifier_list); + When these global notifier lists were proposed years ago folks at SGI loudly objected with concerns over

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-08 Thread Matthew Helsley
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 13:12 +, Jan Beulich wrote: > This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and > deletion. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > include/linux/sched.h |8 +++- > kernel/fork.c | 11 +++ > 2 files changed,

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2008-01-08 Thread Matthew Helsley
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 13:12 +, Jan Beulich wrote: This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and deletion. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- include/linux/sched.h |8 +++- kernel/fork.c | 11 +++ 2 files changed, 18

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2007-12-21 Thread Andi Kleen
"Jan Beulich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and > deletion. I like the basic concept. At some point I suspect we'll even need a per task dynamic data allocator, that would remove even more cruft. Could you change the block notifier

Re: [PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2007-12-21 Thread Andi Kleen
Jan Beulich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and deletion. I like the basic concept. At some point I suspect we'll even need a per task dynamic data allocator, that would remove even more cruft. Could you change the block notifier calls

[PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2007-12-20 Thread Jan Beulich
This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and deletion. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/linux/sched.h |8 +++- kernel/fork.c | 11 +++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---

[PATCH 1/4] add task handling notifier: base definitions

2007-12-20 Thread Jan Beulich
This is the base patch, adding notification for task creation and deletion. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- include/linux/sched.h |8 +++- kernel/fork.c | 11 +++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---