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Message-ID: <20071025200701.614388fe@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:07:01 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Permit silencing of __deprecated warnings. On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote: > The __deprecated marker is quite useful in highlighting the remnants > of old APIs that want removing. > > However, it is quite normal for one or more years to pass, before the > (usually ancient, bitrotten) code in question is either updated or > deleted. > > Thus, like __must_check, add a Kconfig option that permits the > silencing of this compiler warning. > > This change mimics the ifdef-ery and Kconfig defaults of MUST_CHECK as > closely as possible. > it would be nice if we could have this always-on for external modules, so that people who're developing new modules realize from the start that they're using API's they shouldn't, no matter what config option they (or their distro) picked... -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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