Re: [PATCH][Trivial] Fix up version number reference ininclude/trace/events/power.h

[Jesper Juhl]

On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 13:51 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On 2/3/2012 1:42 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > 
> > >>>> -/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (2.6.41) */
> > >>>> +/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (3.1) */
> > >>>
> > >>> Shouldn't the real fix be to remove this code? What's the use of
> > >>> changing the version number that this code will be removed from, when
> > >>> the change won't get in until after the version that this code should
> > >>> have been removed?
> > >>>
> > >>> This is like updating 2014 calendars to say the world will end in 2012.
> > >>>
> > >> Heh, yeah, in a way you are right. But we have lots of code in the kernel 
> > >> that says it will be removed at <some date in the past>, so I just figured 
> > >> that if this code ends up hanging around it should at least display the 
> > >> correct version number for when it /should/ have been removed.
> > >> The actual removal I'll leave up to others.
> > > 
> > > Funny thing. Okay, this doesn't seem to be in linux-next, so I am taking 
> > > it.
> > > 
> > > Steven, planning to drop the code in a near future? :)
> > 
> > we shouldn't be dropping these yet.. tools are still using them.
> > and there really is no cost to keeping them either.
> 
> Then the correct fix is to remove the comment, as it is incorrect.

From: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:29:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove incorrect comment from include/trace/events/power.h

The code is not going to be removed, so remove the comment stating
that it will be.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/trace/events/power.h |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/power.h b/include/trace/events/power.h
index 1bcc2a8..5800eb8 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/power.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/power.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(machine_suspend,
 	TP_printk("state=%lu", (unsigned long)__entry->state)
 );
 
-/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (2.6.41) */
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.9



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