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| author | Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> | 2006-03-24 03:18:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-24 07:33:28 -0800 |
| commit | ac515898f35eaf7b77529cb0560115345d73bc15 (patch) | |
| tree | 392eb4e84c0d9e6bb4248bf7a2b3a5631d7646bd /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | 208a08f7cc2a8932ed76162d9844f9ae7d7fc015 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ac515898f35eaf7b77529cb0560115345d73bc15.tar.gz lwn-ac515898f35eaf7b77529cb0560115345d73bc15.zip | |
[PATCH] deprecate the kernel_thread export
Announce that the kernel_thread export will be removed in half a year,
after all it's users have been converted to the kthread_ API, which I plan
to do over the next month.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c7a4d0faab22..803a9edb7cd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ Who: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) +When: August 2006 +Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c +Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should + use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from + implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that + prevents bugs and code duplication +Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) When: January 2006 Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. |