Re: [PATCH] provide hrtimer exports for module use [Was: Exports for hrtimer APIs]

"Stone, Joshua I" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "Stone, Joshua I" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> This patch adds the exports needed for modules to use the
> hrtimer APIs.
> 
> --- linux-2.6.16-rc6/kernel/hrtimer.c	2006-03-14 10:44:13.000000000
> -0800
> +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-hrtexp/kernel/hrtimer.c	2006-03-14
> 11:13:48.000000000 -0800

Wordwrapped...

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_add_ns);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_forward);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_try_to_cancel);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_cancel);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_get_remaining);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_get_next_event);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_init);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_get_res);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_nanosleep);

gee, that's a lot of exports.  I don't know whether all of these would be
considered stable over the long-term?

Can you tell us a bit about why systemtap modules need the hrtimer
capability?  How it's being used and for what, etc?

Thanks.
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