Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:30:46 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26 |
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:19:59 -0400 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index 46ece3f..5e89689 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -270,18 +270,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> > > --------------------------- > > -What: init_mm export > -When: 2.6.26 > -Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to > - work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved > - by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code > - of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such > - code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some > - out-of-tree driver. > -Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > - > ----------------------------- > - > What: usedac i386 kernel parameter > When: 2.6.27 > Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > index a4f93b4..d399180 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ static struct fs_struct init_fs = INIT_FS; > static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals); > static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand); > struct mm_struct init_mm = INIT_MM(init_mm); > -EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */ > > /* > * Initial thread structure. >
grep -r init_mm include/asm-sparc64
This patch used to break stuff. I'm not aware that anything was done to prevent this.
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