From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:22 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] deprecate the kernel_thread export X-Git-Tag: upstream/snapshot3+hdmi~42000 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac515898f35eaf7b77529cb0560115345d73bc15;p=platform%2Fadaptation%2Frenesas_rcar%2Frenesas_kernel.git [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 --- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c7a4d0f..803a9ed 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.