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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c7a4d0faab22..495858b236b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ Who: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) +When: August 2006 +Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c +Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should + use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from + implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that + prevents bugs and code duplication +Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash) When: January 2006 Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead. @@ -165,6 +176,18 @@ Who: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> and Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@s --------------------------- +What: Usage of invalid timevals in setitimer +When: March 2007 +Why: POSIX requires to validate timevals in the setitimer call. This + was never done by Linux. The invalid (e.g. negative timevals) were + silently converted to more or less random timeouts and intervals. + Until the removal a per boot limited number of warnings is printed + and the timevals are sanitized. + +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +--------------------------- + What: I2C interface of the it87 driver When: January 2007 Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C @@ -174,6 +197,17 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> --------------------------- +What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock) +When: August 2006 +Files: kernel/fork.c +Why: tasklist_lock protects the kernel internal task list. Modules have + no business looking at it, and all instances in drivers have been due + to use of too-lowlevel APIs. Having this symbol exported prevents + moving to more scalable locking schemes for the task list. +Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> + +--------------------------- + What: mount/umount uevents When: February 2007 Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know |