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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bitmap, irq: Add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq
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
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