Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Frysinger <> | Date | Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:24 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bitmap, irq: Add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq |
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 03:37, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: >> > [If it was up to me, I'd eliminate the bitmask interfaces and just keep the >> > list interfaces. That's the stupid interface that's not needed, and far more >> > shortsighted.] >> >> Agree. >> >> It's not impossible to remove those interfaces. My preferred approach >> is to add a once-per-boot warning printk if anyone uses the old >> interface and to remove the thing altogether in three or five years. >> >> That reminds me. It's been like ten years. Someone please delete sys_bdflush(). > > This? > > But to be honest, this long diffstat seems tell me the worth is doubious. ;-)
you dont need to update the arches. just leave the compat option in kernel/sys_ni.c. there is really no overhead at runtime as the func is aliased to the ENOSYS stub. -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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