linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] cap_syslog: make CAP_SYS_ADMIN deprecation notice less alarming

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1108041128010.25037@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:28:35 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Gergely Nagy <algernon@...abit.hu>, david@...g.hm,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Marc Koschewski <marc@...nowledge.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] cap_syslog: make CAP_SYS_ADMIN deprecation notice
 less alarming

On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Convert the WARN_ONCE to a printk_once to avoid this while continuing
> to give userspace developers a hint that this is an unwanted
> backward-compatibility feature and won't be around forever.

Seems reasonable to me.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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