Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: remove privcmd_ioctl_mmap()

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Thu Sep 15 2022 - 05:32:24 EST


On 15.09.2022 10:39, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAP isn't in use by Xen since at least Xen 4.0.
>
> Remove it from the privcmd driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

Can we reasonably remove an IOCTL, without being entirely certain that
no users exist outside of xen.git? Even if so, shouldn't there be a
staged deprecation process?

Jan