Re: [PATCH -mm v2 2/3] cn_proc: replaced old hard-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN_16

[Yafang Shao]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 2:10 PM Michal Miroslaw <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 06:39:48AM +0000, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > This TASK_COMM_LEN_16 has the same meaning with the macro defined in
> > linux/sched.h, but we can't include linux/sched.h in a UAPI header, so
> > we should specifically define it in the cn_proc.h.
> [...]
> > index db210625cee8..6dcccaed383f 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
> > @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
> >
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> >
> > +#define TASK_COMM_LEN_16 16
>
> Hi,
>
> Since this is added to UAPI header, maybe you could make it a single
> instance also used elsewhere? Even though this is constant and not
> going to change I don't really like multiplying the sources of truth.
>

Hmm, what about defining it in include/uapi/linux/sched.h ?
Then include "sched.h" in cn_proc.h
And we also define it in tools/include/uapi/linux/sched.h for the
usage in tools.

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Thanks
Yafang