Re: [PATCH] Revert "futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated"

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Aug 06 2012 - 10:54:18 EST


On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 15:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> get_robust_list has at least two valid use cases.
> 1. checkpoint/restore in userspace
> 2. post mortem analysis

Shouldn't this then also be added as a comment somewhere near the
implementation to avoid a repeat of this deprecate / undeprecate cycle?
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