[PATCH] deprecate (un)register_ioctl32_conversion

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Hello, Andrew, all!

Since in -mm1 we now have a race-free replacement (that being ioctl_compat),
here is a patch to deprecate (un)register_ioctl32_conversion.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


diff -ruI -u linux-2.6.10/include/linux/ioctl32.h linux-2.6.10-ioctls/include/linux/ioctl32.h
--- linux-2.6.10/include/linux/ioctl32.h	2004-12-24 23:33:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.10-ioctls/include/linux/ioctl32.h	2005-01-05 20:19:46.716664232 +0200
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
  */ 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-extern int register_ioctl32_conversion(unsigned int cmd,
+
+/* The following two calls trigger an unfixable module unload race. */
+/* Deprecated in favor of ioctl_compat in struct file_operations. */
+extern int __deprecated register_ioctl32_conversion(unsigned int cmd,
 				ioctl_trans_handler_t handler);
-extern int unregister_ioctl32_conversion(unsigned int cmd);
+extern int __deprecated unregister_ioctl32_conversion(unsigned int cmd);
 
 #else
 
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/