From: NeilBrown Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:09:11 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] md: mark START_ARRAY deprecated with a date X-Git-Tag: v2.6.15-rc2~89 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e8a0033451f7972169b2f375be34d9d805ad8687;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git [PATCH] md: mark START_ARRAY deprecated with a date This was marked deprecated "after 2.6" back in the 2.5 days. But now it seems there isn't going to be any "after 2.6", and we deprecate by date now. So set a date. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 429db4bf98e..24fe8edad30 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -140,3 +140,12 @@ What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) When: January 2006 Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. Who: Christoph Hellwig + +--------------------------- + +What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md +When: July 2006 +Files: drivers/md/md.c +Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed. + Alternatives exist +Who: NeilBrown diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index adf960d8a7c..a9f032e341c 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, if (cnt > 0 ) { printk(KERN_WARNING "md: %s(pid %d) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. " - "This will not be supported beyond 2.6\n", + "This will not be supported beyond July 2006\n", current->comm, current->pid); cnt--; }