[patch 2/5] mm: deprecate vmalloc_to_pfn

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Thu Apr 20 2006 - 13:06:42 EST


Deprecate vmalloc_to_pfn.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -238,3 +238,12 @@ Why: The interface no longer has any cal
Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

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+
+What: vmalloc_to_pfn
+When: April 2007
+Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It
+ was previously used so remap_pfn_range can be used on vmalloc memory,
+ but is deprecated with the introduction of remap_vmalloc_range.
+Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
+
+---------------------------
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static inline unsigned long vma_pages(st

struct vm_area_struct *find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long addr);
struct page *vmalloc_to_page(void *addr);
-unsigned long vmalloc_to_pfn(void *addr);
+__deprecated_for_modules unsigned long vmalloc_to_pfn(void *addr);
int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size, pgprot_t);
int vm_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, struct page *);
-
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