Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] kernel/sys.c: possible cleanups

[Andrew Morton]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So the work would expand to:
>  - writing 200 feature-removal-schedule.txt entries
>  - marking 200 functions and variables as __deprecated_for_modules
>
>  And in a few months:
>  - removing 200 feature-removal-schedule.txt entries
>  - removing 200 __deprecated_for_modules markers
>  - removing the 200 unused exports

Don't bother with all that stuff - a modprobe-time warning across a few
kernel releases is sufficient to make any developers who are dependent upon
an export aware of their problem.

Changing the export to EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL() and then later removing the
export is adequate.
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