Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | [PATCH 01/13] seq_file: mark seq_get_buf as deprecated | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:41:09 +0200 |
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This function pokes a big hole into the seq_file abstraction.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --- include/linux/seq_file.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h index dd99569595fd3..db16b11477875 100644 --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h +++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ static inline bool seq_has_overflowed(struct seq_file *m) * * Return the number of bytes available in the buffer, or zero if * there's no space. + * + * DOT NOT USE IN NEW CODE! This function pokes a hole into the whole seq_file + * abstraction. The only remaining user outside of seq_file.c is sysfs, which + * is gradually moving away from using seq_get_buf directly. */ static inline size_t seq_get_buf(struct seq_file *m, char **bufp) { -- 2.30.2
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