Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756596Ab2HFOy0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:54:26 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:52464 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756453Ab2HFOyY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:54:24 -0400 Message-ID: <1344264832.27828.65.camel@twins> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated" From: Peter Zijlstra To: Richard Weinberger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, dvhart@linux.intel.com, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, jkosina@suse.cz, rob@landley.net, Randy Dunlap , "Eric W. Biederman" , David Howells , "Serge E. Hallyn" , kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, spender@grsecurity.net, keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, Cyrill Gorcunov , xemul@parallels.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, #@programming.kicks-ass.net, 3.4.x@programming.kicks-ass.net Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:53:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1344000593-18794-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> References: <1344000593-18794-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2- Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 561 Lines: 12 On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 15:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > get_robust_list has at least two valid use cases. > 1. checkpoint/restore in userspace > 2. post mortem analysis Shouldn't this then also be added as a comment somewhere near the implementation to avoid a repeat of this deprecate / undeprecate cycle? -- 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/