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SubjectRe: Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26
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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