linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting

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Message-ID: <20260112-frost-amtsmissbrauch-04c1d16623af@brauner>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:06:43 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
	Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting

On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:38:22 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> As Christian points out [1], even though it's privileged, this interface
> has a lot of footguns. There are better options these days (e.g. eBPF),
> so it would be good to start discouraging its use and mark it as
> deprecated.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20250212-giert-spannend-8893f1eaba7d@brauner/
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.0.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.0.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.0.misc

[1/1] acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/24a4f4e1608f