Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933548AbYBMWmr (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:42:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756464AbYBMWmf (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:42:35 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.188]:42699 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753526AbYBMWmd (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:42:33 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=Vmg5HErxlKo8/HtMUQvAP+pT8IzIjMhMgSCUYRI7kNPWiX/MyqKjcVVxyA5Ajnz/vBjGvf+N16ssdOf4Tajq7vEnYqV1o4UEQd11g+SDdauHImdYo7CqM/qJMq9vu31shMBuD196pmIeMBOpDPx2Z4DAocn4UBwyWvzkbyyo/Ao= Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported symbols going away From: Harvey Harrison To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , David Miller , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Pavel Emelyanov , LKML In-Reply-To: <20080213223455.GB12383@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <1202941327.18204.11.camel@brick> <20080213223455.GB12383@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:42:30 -0800 Message-Id: <1202942550.18204.18.camel@brick> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1332 Lines: 45 On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 00:34 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:06PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote: > > + > > +What: __inet_hash_connect > > +Where: net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c > > +When: 2.6.28 > > +Why: No in tree users > > + > > +--------------------------- > > + > > +What: io_delay_type > > +Where: arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c > > +When: 2.6.28 > > +Why: No in tree users > > + > > +--------------------------- > >... > > NAK. > > It's a well-known and documented fact that we not have a stable API for > modules. > > And as long as we anyway break the modules API in so many other cases > with each kernel release there's simply no point in not removing exports > immediately. > > Oh, and for increasing the amount of nonsense even further, you should > explain why unused exports that just sneaked into 2.6.25-rc1 must be > shipped in 4 stable kernels before they can be removed. > Without comment on the validity of the exports themselves, I was more interested in the principle of announcing these removals, and if it was wanted. Cheers, Harvey -- 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/