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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2006-03-24 06:18:22 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-24 10:33:28 -0500
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tree392eb4e84c0d9e6bb4248bf7a2b3a5631d7646bd /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
parent208a08f7cc2a8932ed76162d9844f9ae7d7fc015 (diff)
[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 <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ Who: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
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118 118
119What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
120When: August 2006
121Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
122Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should
123 use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
124 implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
125 prevents bugs and code duplication
126Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
127
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129
119What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) 130What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
120When: January 2006 131When: January 2006
121Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. 132Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.