On 06/06/2012 10:31 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 06/06/2012 01:28 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:26:11 +0800 >> Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> So perhaps the solution is to give up on the generic proc_obsolete() >> idea, and just add a handler specifically for nr_pdflush_threads, whcih >> uses printk_once(). >> > > > If there are many users than a self made print once is worth it > we can use the ctl_table->data pointer for this, some thing like: > > int nr_pdflush_was_printed; > > @@ -1095,11 +1095,9 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { > .extra1 = &zero, > }, > { > - .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads", > - .data = &nr_pdflush_threads, > - .maxlen = sizeof nr_pdflush_threads, > - .mode = 0444 /* read-only*/, > - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, > + .data = &nr_pdflush_was_printed, > + .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads", > + .mode = 0444 /* read-only */, > + .proc_handler = proc_obsolete, > }, > > > +/* notice associated proc deprecated */ > +int proc_deprecated(struct ctl_table *table, int write, > + void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos, ) > +{ > + if (*ctl_table->data) { + if(!*ctl_table->data) { > + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s exported in /proc is deprecated\n", > + table->procname); > + *ctl_table->data = 0; + *ctl_table->data = 1; stupid me, time for coffee Boaz > + } > + return -ENOSYS; > +} -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html