sctp has several points in its setsockopt path in which it issues deprecation
warnings. It seems like it might be handy to macrotize such a warning so other
subsystems can use it easily
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Change Notes:
v3)
* Convert to using a string prefix rather than a specific pr_ macro
---
include/linux/printk.h | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 6949258..26fb95c 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ struct va_format {
#define HW_ERR "[Hardware Error]: "
/*
+ * DEPRECATED
+ * Add this to a message whenever you want to warn user space about the use
+ * of a deprecated aspect of an API so they can stop using it
+ */
+#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
+
+/*
* Dummy printk for disabled debugging statements to use whilst maintaining
* gcc's format and side-effect checking.
*/
--
1.8.3.1
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