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| author | Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> | 2006-03-24 03:18:33 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-24 07:33:29 -0800 |
| commit | de62a97ef576a1f6b5013139ded9893226375bbb (patch) | |
| tree | 39589587c7c48b4d2e3f1dc6a1c8ddb863ce814c /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | 554b7c801e379e8c0072533b4da89a3a003cbfac (diff) | |
| download | lwn-de62a97ef576a1f6b5013139ded9893226375bbb.tar.gz lwn-de62a97ef576a1f6b5013139ded9893226375bbb.zip | |
[PATCH] deprecate the tasklist_lock export
Drivers have no business looking at the task list and thus using this lock.
The only possibly modular users left are:
arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
fs/binfmt_elf.c
which I'll send out fixes for soon.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 803a9edb7cd7..21272e4b4a5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) +When: August 2006 +Files: kernel/fork.c +Why: tasklist_lock protects the kernel internal task list. Modules have + no business looking at it, and all instances in drivers have been due + to use of too-lowlevel APIs. Having this symbol exported prevents + moving to more scalable locking schemes for the task list. +Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + What: mount/umount uevents When: February 2007 Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know |