| From: |
| Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> |
| To: |
| akpm@osdl.org |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH] deprecate the kernel_thread export |
| Date: |
| Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:03:15 +0100 |
| Cc: |
| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
Announce that the kernel_thread export will be removed in half a year,
after all it's users have been converted to the kthread_ API, which I
plan to do over the next month.
(and no, Adrian, please no __deprecate_as_module yet, there's still
too many users left)
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-02-10 19:45:40.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-02-12 18:44:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -171,3 +171,14 @@
probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
bug #5889.)
Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.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>
