The patch titled
kallsyms: remove deprecated print_fn_descriptor_symbol()
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kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol.patch
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Subject: kallsyms: remove deprecated print_fn_descriptor_symbol()
From: Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
According to feature-removal-schedule.txt, it is the time to remove
print_fn_descriptor_symbol().
And a quick grep shows that it no longer has any callers.
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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diff -puN Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol
+++ a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -283,15 +283,6 @@ Who: Glauber Costa <gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx>
---------------------------
-What: print_fn_descriptor_symbol()
-When: October 2009
-Why: The %pF vsprintf format provides the same functionality in a
- simpler way. print_fn_descriptor_symbol() is deprecated but
- still present to give out-of-tree modules time to change.
-Who: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
-
----------------------------
-
What: /sys/o2cb symlink
When: January 2010
Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb
diff -puN include/linux/kallsyms.h~kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol include/linux/kallsyms.h
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h~kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol
+++ a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -107,18 +107,6 @@ static inline void print_symbol(const ch
__builtin_extract_return_addr((void *)addr));
}
-/*
- * Pretty-print a function pointer. This function is deprecated.
- * Please use the "%pF" vsprintf format instead.
- */
-static inline void __deprecated print_fn_descriptor_symbol(const char *fmt, void *addr)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
- addr = *(void **)addr;
-#endif
- print_symbol(fmt, (unsigned long)addr);
-}
-
static inline void print_ip_sym(unsigned long ip)
{
printk("[<%p>] %pS\n", (void *) ip, (void *) ip);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from amwang@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
xtensa-use-generic-sys_pipe.patch
rwsem-spinlock-remove-useless-function-exports.patch
kallsyms-remove-deprecated-print_fn_descriptor_symbol.patch
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