Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:16:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:16:16 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:48304 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:16:15 -0500 Subject: Re: Dead & Dying interfaces From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021115184725.H20070@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20021115184725.H20070@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 16 Nov 2002 02:49:42 +0000 Message-Id: <1037414982.21922.22.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 23 On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 18:47, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > We forgot to remove a lot of crap interfaces during 2.5 development. > Let's start a list now so we don't forget during 2.7. > > This list is a combination of interfaces which have gone during 2.5 and > interfaces that should go during 2.7. Think of it as a `updating your > driver/filesystem to sane code' guide. > > sleep_on, sleep_on_timeout, interruptible_sleep_on, > interruptible_sleep_on_timeout > -> use wait_event interfaces We need to fix wait_event first, probably to do event variables of some kind (wait_nonzero_interruptible() etc). get_cpu is the wrong thing in several places too - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/