linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Staging: android: Add KERN_ facility level in printk () in pmem.c

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:09:47 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Dima Zavin <dima@...roid.com>
Cc:	Kashyap Gada <gada.kashyap@...il.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	rebecca@...roid.com, rschultz@...gle.com, jgennis@...gle.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Staging: android: Add KERN_ facility level in
 printk () in pmem.c

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:22:27 -0800
Dima Zavin <dima@...roid.com> wrote:

> We really should just get rid of pmem.c altogether. We will remove it
> from our android common tree too. We don't actually use it anymore in
> any of our products. There are some legacy users of it, like Qualcomm,
> but I'm sure they have a bunch of patches on top of it and thus are
> maintaining it separately anyway.

Probably wise if nobody ever fixed the security holes in it.

Alan
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