linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] seq_file: mark seq_get

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Message-ID: <20210913162253.ofaaiycyo2kcvlbo@carbon.lan>
Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:22:53 +0200
From:   Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] seq_file: mark seq_get_buf as deprecated

> + *
> + * DOT NOT USE IN NEW CODE! This function pokes a hole into the whole seq_file
> + * abstraction.  The only remaining user outside of seq_file.c is sysfs, which
> + * is gradually moving away from using seq_get_buf directly.
>   */

Maybe adding a check to checkpatch could also help?