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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Permit silencing of __deprecated warnings.
Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>
>> The __deprecated marker is quite useful in highlighting the remnants of
>> old APIs that want removing.
>>
>> However, it is quite normal for one or more years to pass, before the
>> (usually ancient, bitrotten) code in question is either updated or
>> deleted.
>>
>> Thus, like __must_check, add a Kconfig option that permits the silencing
>> of this compiler warning.
>>
>> This change mimics the ifdef-ery and Kconfig defaults of MUST_CHECK as
>> closely as possible.
>
> Sigh. Can't we just fix the dud code? Or mark it BROKEN and see what
> happens?

__deprecated has spread to just about every API that people don't
consider fresh and up-to-date.

Like I noted in the patch description, rewriting grotty ISA/MCA/etc.
probe code is a thankless, boring task that few are crazy enough to
attempt :)

As you can see from the patch flood recently I /have/ been working
through the dud code, but it will still take years. The changes
required for each are on average ~200 LOC changed, if not more.

But regardless... I don't see any reason to force every kernel build to
remind us of grotty drivers. Where's the benefit? Everybody knows they
are grotty.

Like __must_check this option defaults to the current state of things --
warnings -- so you have to take an extra step to turn them off.

Jeff



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