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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:38:51 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
CC: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] more deprectation bits
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Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> Rename the deprecated attribute to __deprecated to make it obvious
> this is something special and to avoid namespace clashes.
> 
> Mark more functionality deprecated:
> 
>  - sleep_on & friends

Please do not make sleep_on() generate a warning.  Unless you intend
to do the same to lock_kernel().

ext3 uses sleep_on().  It is perfectly safe.   Weaning ext3 off lock_kernel()
is a large, delicate and thus-far undesigned body of work.  I've been
working on other stuff and it is quite unlikely that ext3 locking will
be redesigned in the 2.5 timeframe.

>  - old module interfaces
> 
> This gives quite a lot warnings, I'll start to fix the ones in
> core code and stuff I maintain now..

Sounds like pointless churn to me.  How about we fix some real stuff and get
this kernel out the door before we all die?
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