linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 5/5] smbfs: show a warning about new name

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Message-Id: <20220802190048.19881-6-ematsumiya@suse.de>
Date:   Tue,  2 Aug 2022 16:00:48 -0300
From:   Enzo Matsumiya <ematsumiya@...e.de>
To:     linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     smfrench@...il.com, pc@....nz, ronniesahlberg@...il.com,
        nspmangalore@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, tom@...pey.com,
        samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, pshilovsky@...ba.org,
        jlayton@...nel.org, rpenny@...ba.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 5/5] smbfs: show a warning about new name

Also inform users about a possible removal of the existing aliases.

Signed-off-by: Enzo Matsumiya <ematsumiya@...e.de>
---
 fs/smb/core.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/smb/core.c b/fs/smb/core.c
index 4bc019ef90e2..0d69e3f0eee9 100644
--- a/fs/smb/core.c
+++ b/fs/smb/core.c
@@ -1724,6 +1724,10 @@ init_cifs(void)
 		goto out_init_cifs_idmap;
 	}
 
+	pr_warn("This module has been renamed to \"smbfs.ko\" and its "
+		"current aliases (\"cifs\" and \"smb3\") might be removed "
+		"in a future kernel release.\n");
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_init_cifs_idmap:
-- 
2.35.3