linux-kernel - Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21

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Date:	Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:29:06 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21


On Feb 8 2007 15:07, Andrew Morton wrote:

>scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-fixups.patch
>scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-fixups-2.patch
>scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags.patch
>scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-ata-fix.patch
>
> This removes SA_INTERRUPT and friends, so 10000000 external drivers won't
> compile any more.  I think I'd prefer to find a way to get usage of SA_* to
> spit a deprecated warning.

Here's an idea:

#define SA_INTERRUPT sa_interrupt_with_warning()
static inline int sa_interrupt_with_warning(void) {
    if(more_or_less_often)
        printk(fat_warning);
    return 0x123456; /* whatever numerical value it is */
}


Jan
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