From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:33 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] deprecate the tasklist_lock export X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de62a97ef576a1f6b5013139ded9893226375bbb;p=GitHub%2Fmt8127%2Fandroid_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git [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 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 803a9edb7cd7..21272e4b4a5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ Who: Jean Delvare --------------------------- +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 + +--------------------------- + What: mount/umount uevents When: February 2007 Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know