linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported symbols going away

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Message-ID: <20080214001836.687f03f7@core>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:18:36 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	harvey.harrison@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] feature-removal: add documentation for exported
 symbols going away

> Unexports are done immediately when there's a subsystem maintainer 
> taking a patch and deprecation periods are required when a patch has to 
> go through you...

Agreed - with the expect of stuff which is used in tree or forms part of
a logical exported API we should just throw them out without messing. The
only exceptions I can see that make sense are

- Where a subsystem maintainer says not to
- Where we know that a commonly used out of tree module needs it

Most of the excess symbols should thus just go away. Its pretty unlikely
that they are being used.

Alan
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