linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched_ext: Drop kfuncs marked for removal in 6.15

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Message-ID: <aFyC-WVI1fkk0rPN@slm.duckdns.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:15:05 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: jake@...lion.co.uk
Cc: David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>, Andrea Righi <arighi@...dia.com>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@...lia.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, sched-ext@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched_ext: Drop kfuncs marked for removal in 6.15

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 06:05:46PM +0100, Jake Hillion via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Jake Hillion <jake@...lion.co.uk>
> 
> sched_ext performed a kfunc renaming pass in 6.13 and kept the old names
> around for compatibility with old binaries. These were scheduled for
> cleanup in 6.15 but were missed. Submitting for cleanup in for-next.
> 
> Removed the kfuncs, their flags, and any references I could find to them
> in doc comments. Left the entries in include/scx/compat.bpf.h as they're
> still useful to make new binaries compatible with old kernels.
> 
> Tested by applying to my kernel. It builds and a modern version of
> scx_lavd loads fine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jake Hillion <jake@...lion.co.uk>

Applied to sched_ext/for-6.17.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun