From ac515898f35eaf7b77529cb0560115345d73bc15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:18:22 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) 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 --------------------------- +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 API instead which shields them from + implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that + prevents bugs and code duplication +Who: Christoph Hellwig + +--------------------------- + What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) When: January 2006 Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. -- 2.20.1