Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[email protected]>
---
Since scsi_logging_level module_param can be read/written while system
running, the demand for /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level has been no longer
mandotory.
But someone might have already set this value in /etc/sysctl.conf, so
mark it to be removed in one year (until March 2009).
One year might be not enough or too long, this period should also be discussed.
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c1d1fd0..97bdb96 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -328,3 +328,16 @@ Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to
code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
out-of-tree driver.
Who: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level
+When: March 2009
+Files: drivers/scsi/scsi_sysctl.c
+Check: /etc/sysctl.conf
+Why: its functionality is also provided by the scsi_mod's module param,
+ module_param(scsi_logging_level, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+ that can be read and written with
+ /sys/module/scsi_mod/parameters/scsi_logging_level
+ like the sysctl interface while system running.
+Who: Denis Cheng <[email protected]> or [email protected]
--
1.5.4.4
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 21:03 +0800, Denis Cheng wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[email protected]>
> ---
> Since scsi_logging_level module_param can be read/written while system
> running, the demand for /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level has been no longer
> mandotory.
>
> But someone might have already set this value in /etc/sysctl.conf, so
> mark it to be removed in one year (until March 2009).
>
> One year might be not enough or too long, this period should also be discussed.
I don't think there's really much point to doing this. We're already tied to the SYS_SYSCTL deprecation Eric Biderman is hoping to do for this; it's much better if the whole lot goes at once rather than piecemeal (particularly if sysctl stays around longer than anticipated).
James