linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Introduce deprecated APIs list

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mh_3DsSWfTrUrz=XmBCNDFPFQGwxzzXD26h_-aGWxyiw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:11:50 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Introduce deprecated APIs list

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 4:20 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> As discussed in the "API replacement/deprecation" thread[1], this
> makes an effort to document what things shouldn't get (re)added to the
> kernel, by introducing Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. It also
> adds the overflow kerndoc to ReST output, and tweaks the struct_size()
> documentation to parse correctly.

If you remember, please CC me as well, since I would like to be
involved in this as well, given that  it touches the compiler
attributes :-)

Also, I will send a patch (for the deprecated.rst file, adding a
section about fallthrough comments) later on.

Thanks for adding the file!

Cheers,
Miguel