linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/1] linux: mm_types: allow to modified the vm_flags in vm_area

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Message-ID: <ZA7x9y60sfGOanHl@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:50:47 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...hat.com,
        jhubbard@...dia.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        willy@...radead.org, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        jgg@...pe.ca, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/1] linux: mm_types: allow to modified the
 vm_flags in vm_area_struct

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:25:19AM +0100, Vincenzo Palazzo wrote:
> P.S: regaring the warning at compile time the __deprecated looks a good
> fit to generate error message, but to me in this particular case do not.

__deprecated does not work in the kernel tree, sorry.  We have tried
that in the past and it just gets ignored.  Instead, we fix up all
in-kernel users and continue on.

thanks,

greg k-h