linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix proc_file

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Message-ID: <20090831172121.GA26558@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:21:21 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix proc_file_write missing ppos update

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 09:19:56PM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> After conversion, ->read_proc, ->write_proc, create_proc_read_entry(),
> create_proc_entry() will become deprecated for a while, then gone.

Just kill it once all intree users are gone, deprecation is only useful
if we still have some in-tree user around but want to keep people from
adding new ones.
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