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| From | John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS |
| Date | 2017-02-08 05:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <t8s3g-3Oc-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <t8nGi-ZA-19@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote: > Currently CONFIG_TIMER_STATS exposes process information across namespaces: > > kernel/time/timer_list.c print_timer(): > > SEQ_printf(m, ", %s/%d", tmp, timer->start_pid); > > /proc/timer_list: > > #11: <0000000000000000>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01, do_nanosleep, cron/2570 > > Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely > removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS. > > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> I don't have an issue with this, but I worry this would break some tooling out there. Should it be marked as deprecated first? Or maybe just pulling the band-aid off is the best way? thanks -john
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[PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-02-08 00:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2017-02-08 05:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-02-08 11:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2017-02-08 19:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2017-02-08 05:50 +0100
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