Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758895Ab1CaSPq (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:46 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:53464 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752665Ab1CaSPp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:45 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=u/PBQNVB+R2LSAYMASAZRFVkuGfnXcMT6CbBlYYVfMruAFnnhasveVa3P0+ld6kDRx p2XjOSP2hJldhLLrPJnpW1e6J2nz1kf8zcIff4d7H5+ecnz0+KZFnzQBJWe+FSIe7I2R sq0UK5Ou4Vjg7jlsA8j/K6/Kq9YOen5Y2rbwI= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110331163916.2C6D.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> References: <4D9281B8.1090904@sgi.com> <20110329181346.d2e1fb3c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20110331163916.2C6D.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:24 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] bitmap, irq: Add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq To: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Andrew Morton , Mike Travis , Thomas Gleixner , Jack Steiner , Lee Schermerhorn , Andy Shevchenko , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1072 Lines: 26 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 03:37, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: >> > [If it was up to me, I'd eliminate the bitmask interfaces and just keep the >> > list interfaces.  That's the stupid interface that's not needed, and far more >> > shortsighted.] >> >> Agree. >> >> It's not impossible to remove those interfaces.  My preferred approach >> is to add a once-per-boot warning printk if anyone uses the old >> interface and to remove the thing altogether in three or five years. >> >> That reminds me.  It's been like ten years.  Someone please delete sys_bdflush(). > > This? > > But to be honest, this long diffstat seems tell me the worth is doubious. ;-) you dont need to update the arches. just leave the compat option in kernel/sys_ni.c. there is really no overhead at runtime as the func is aliased to the ENOSYS stub. -mike -- 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/