On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 15:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> get_robust_list has at least two valid use cases.
> 1. checkpoint/restore in userspace
> 2. post mortem analysis
Shouldn't this then also be added as a comment somewhere near the
implementation to avoid a repeat of this deprecate / undeprecate cycle?
Am 06.08.2012 16:53, schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
> On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 15:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> get_robust_list has at least two valid use cases.
>> 1. checkpoint/restore in userspace
>> 2. post mortem analysis
>
> Shouldn't this then also be added as a comment somewhere near the
> implementation to avoid a repeat of this deprecate / undeprecate cycle?
Or someone submits a patch to glibc and the man-pages project to make this
system call official...
Thanks,
//richard