[PATCH] deprecate the kernel_thread export

[Christoph Hellwig]

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@xxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+---------------------------
+
+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@xxxxxx>
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