Re: [PATCH] more deprectation bits

[Andrew Morton]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> Rename the deprecated attribute to __deprecated to make it obvious
> this is something special and to avoid namespace clashes.
> 
> Mark more functionality deprecated:
> 
>  - sleep_on & friends

Please do not make sleep_on() generate a warning.  Unless you intend
to do the same to lock_kernel().

ext3 uses sleep_on().  It is perfectly safe.   Weaning ext3 off lock_kernel()
is a large, delicate and thus-far undesigned body of work.  I've been
working on other stuff and it is quite unlikely that ext3 locking will
be redesigned in the 2.5 timeframe.

>  - old module interfaces
> 
> This gives quite a lot warnings, I'll start to fix the ones in
> core code and stuff I maintain now..

Sounds like pointless churn to me.  How about we fix some real stuff and get
this kernel out the door before we all die?