Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756228AbYCTNET (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:04:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755044AbYCTNEM (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:04:12 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.175]:48800 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752973AbYCTNEL (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:04:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer; b=dmJ1IMNvQVnt6sMx4Q6FjwqMu/EuFBksqxozBZ0mGulqpXbUcYSRxGoNiHqg1wZsdVc6RJ847zb1OXfJNqcS6S4LBTlmsFK6zaimIPkkYldUoMFUrsrcdsbydjHA3xURSbffJ1dx/oL2OdUqyTyH7v5/blVdjssB1tVxXJGB8bg= From: Denis Cheng To: James Bottomley Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC][PATCH] mark /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level to be removed Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:10 +0800 Message-Id: <1206018190-5888-1-git-send-email-crquan@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.4.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1721 Lines: 43 Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng --- Since scsi_logging_level module_param can be read/written while system running, the demand for /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level has been no longer mandotory. But someone might have already set this value in /etc/sysctl.conf, so mark it to be removed in one year (until March 2009). One year might be not enough or too long, this period should also be discussed. Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c1d1fd0..97bdb96 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -328,3 +328,16 @@ Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner + +--------------------------- + +What: /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level +When: March 2009 +Files: drivers/scsi/scsi_sysctl.c +Check: /etc/sysctl.conf +Why: its functionality is also provided by the scsi_mod's module param, + module_param(scsi_logging_level, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); + that can be read and written with + /sys/module/scsi_mod/parameters/scsi_logging_level + like the sysctl interface while system running. +Who: Denis Cheng or linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org -- 1.5.4.4 -- 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/