linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt: create_proc

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Message-Id: <20140526215330.b258fa45046b9f801491d5e9@skynet.be>
Date:	Mon, 26 May 2014 21:53:30 +0200
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt:
 create_proc_entry deprecated

Linked article in seq_file.txt still uses create_proc_entry which was removed in

80e928f7ebb958
"proc: Kill create_proc_entry()"

This patch adds information for kernel 3.10 and above

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
index a1e2e0d..1fe0ccb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ how the mechanism works without getting lost in other details.  (Those
 wanting to see the full source for this module can find it at
 http://lwn.net/Articles/22359/).
 
+Deprecated create_proc_entry
+
+Note that the above article uses create_proc_entry which was removed in
+kernel 3.10. Current versions require the following update
+
+-	entry = create_proc_entry("sequence", 0, NULL);
+-	if (entry)
+-		entry->proc_fops = &ct_file_ops;
++	entry = proc_create("sequence", 0, NULL, &ct_file_ops);
 
 The iterator interface
 
-- 
1.9.1
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