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SubjectRe: [PATCH] exec: Make do_coredump more robust and safer when using pipes in core_pattern
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:00:54 +0200 Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

> >
> > When was the last time we saw a "warning: process `%s' used the
> > obsolete bdflush system call" warning? A quick google here says 2004.
> > Is that data? A bit, I guess.
>
> bdflush?

I don't understand your answer.

Many years ago (guess: 2001/2002) the bdflush() syscall was deprecated
and we did

if (msg_count < 5) {
msg_count++;
printk(KERN_INFO
"warning: process `%s' used the obsolete bdflush"
" system call\n", current->comm);
printk(KERN_INFO "Fix your initscripts?\n");
}

to encourage people to stop using it. A brief search indicates that
nobody has reported this message in 4-5 years.

So to answer the question "how long must we leave things in place before
removing them?", that's the only data I am aware of.



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