linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9] remove /proc/sys/vm/hugepages_treat_as

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:02:37 -0500
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] remove /proc/sys/vm/hugepages_treat_as_movable

> -        {
> -               .procname       = "hugepages_treat_as_movable",
> -               .data           = &hugepages_treat_as_movable,
> -               .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
> -               .mode           = 0644,
> -               .proc_handler   = hugetlb_treat_movable_handler,
> -       },

Sorry, no.

This is too aggressive remove. Imagine, a lot of shell script don't
have any error check.
I suggest to keep this file but change to nop (to output warning is better).
About 1-2 years after, we can remove this file safely.
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