linux-kernel - Re: [v2.6.26] what's brewing in x86.git for v2.6.26

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Message-ID: <20080418124834.GB20857@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:48:34 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arjan@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [v2.6.26] what's brewing in x86.git for v2.6.26


* David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> > > include/asm/pgtable.h: In function `set_pte_at':
> > > include/asm/pgtable.h:670: warning: `init_mm' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/sched.h:1616)
> > 
> > Why is is deprecated anyway?  I think we all agreed that killing the 
> > export is good, but I don't see any way how we could kill the core 
> > useage.
> 
> set_pte_at() is done inside drivers and what-not, you're not going to 
> be able to get rid of this export so easily.

ok, good point, i zapped this change [it was in the x86/testing section 
anyway, i.e. not to be pushed upstream as an x86 change] - and if it's 
resubmitted it should be sent to -mm anyway. Arjan, what do you think?

	Ingo
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