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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: remove privcmd_ioctl_mmap()
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On 15.09.2022 10:39, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAP isn't in use by Xen since at least Xen 4.0.
> 
> Remove it from the privcmd driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Can we reasonably remove an IOCTL, without being entirely certain that
no users exist outside of xen.git? Even if so, shouldn't there be a
staged deprecation process?

Jan