Re: [PATCH v2] remove no longer use of pdflush interface

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Wed Jun 06 2012 - 05:32:23 EST


On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 10:37:34AM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>On 06/06/2012 10:31 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>
>> On 06/06/2012 01:28 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:26:11 +0800
>>> Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> So perhaps the solution is to give up on the generic proc_obsolete()
>>> idea, and just add a handler specifically for nr_pdflush_threads, whcih
>>> uses printk_once().
>>>
>>
>>
>> If there are many users than a self made print once is worth it
>> we can use the ctl_table->data pointer for this, some thing like:
>>
>> int nr_pdflush_was_printed;
>>
>> @@ -1095,11 +1095,9 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>> .extra1 = &zero,
>> },
>> {
>> - .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads",
>> - .data = &nr_pdflush_threads,
>> - .maxlen = sizeof nr_pdflush_threads,
>> - .mode = 0444 /* read-only*/,
>> - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
>> + .data = &nr_pdflush_was_printed,
>> + .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads",
>> + .mode = 0444 /* read-only */,
>> + .proc_handler = proc_obsolete,
>> },
>>
>>
>> +/* notice associated proc deprecated */
>> +int proc_deprecated(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>> + void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos, )
>> +{
>> + if (*ctl_table->data) {
>
>
>+ if(!*ctl_table->data) {
if(!*table->data) {
>
>> + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s exported in /proc is deprecated\n",
>> + table->procname);
>> + *ctl_table->data = 0;
>
>
>+ *ctl_table->data = 1;
*table->data = 1;

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
>stupid me, time for coffee
>
>Boaz
>
>> + }
>> + return -ENOSYS;
>> +}
>
>
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