[PATCH] md: mark START_ARRAY deprecated with a date

This was marked deprecated "after 2.6" back in the 2.5 days.  But now it
seems there isn't going to be any "after 2.6", and we deprecate by date
now.  So set a date.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 429db4bf98eccd14ad2f0ebce7480a6f93c2a178..24fe8edad3048e151b29ec43b5354648370d3b6c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -140,3 +140,12 @@ What:      EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
 When:  January 2006
 Why:   Too low-level interface.  Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
 Who:   Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What:  START_ARRAY ioctl for md
+When:  July 2006
+Files: drivers/md/md.c
+Why:   Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed.
+       Alternatives exist
+Who:   NeilBrown <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index adf960d8a7c98d1430c2e51b7e0250674b98abff..a9f032e341cbbcdacd64c13d32c132b612bfbd37 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                if (cnt > 0 ) {
                        printk(KERN_WARNING
                               "md: %s(pid %d) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. "
-                              "This will not be supported beyond 2.6\n",
+                              "This will not be supported beyond July 2006\n",
                               current->comm, current->pid);
                        cnt--;
                }