Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756762AbYGLCb3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751913AbYGLCbV (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:21 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:49054 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751109AbYGLCbU (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:30:46 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Dave Jones Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linux Kernel , Subject: Re: Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26 Message-Id: <20080711193046.89b4b68a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080711201959.GA1007@redhat.com> References: <20080711201959.GA1007@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1963 Lines: 51 On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:19:59 -0400 Dave Jones wrote: > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index 46ece3f..5e89689 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -270,18 +270,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch > > --------------------------- > > -What: init_mm export > -When: 2.6.26 > -Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to > - work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved > - by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code > - of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such > - code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some > - out-of-tree driver. > -Who: Thomas Gleixner > - > ----------------------------- > - > What: usedac i386 kernel parameter > When: 2.6.27 > Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > index a4f93b4..d399180 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c > @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ static struct fs_struct init_fs = INIT_FS; > static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals); > static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand); > struct mm_struct init_mm = INIT_MM(init_mm); > -EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */ > > /* > * Initial thread structure. > grep -r init_mm include/asm-sparc64 This patch used to break stuff. I'm not aware that anything was done to prevent this. -- 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/