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Re: task_struct parent field removed from RHEL-5 and fedora 9 kernels

From: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
To: William Cohen <wcohen at redhat dot com>
Cc: SystemTAP <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:07:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: task_struct parent field removed from RHEL-5 and fedora 9 kernels
References: <48333769.7040007@redhat.com> <20080520205422.8A38026FA1C@magilla.localdomain> <48347C5F.4080702@redhat.com>

> Thanks for the answer, Roland. I was hoping that is was all
> consistent. However, it is real_parent on some kernels and parent on
> other kernel. :(

Correct, but only on kernels with no real_parent field (relatively easy to
check) and then can just #define real_parent parent for those kernels.  To
avoid an autoconf-style check one can probably figure out something, though
I don't have it off hand.


Thanks,
Roland

References:
- task_struct parent field removed from RHEL-5 and fedora 9 kernels
  - From: William Cohen
- Re: task_struct parent field removed from RHEL-5 and fedora 9 kernels
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: task_struct parent field removed from RHEL-5 and fedora 9 kernels
  - From: William Cohen

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