From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CAD8C11F6B for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:25:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56AAE61CA2 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:25:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233497AbhF3I1k (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:27:40 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f42.google.com ([209.85.217.42]:38473 "EHLO mail-vs1-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233085AbhF3I1i (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:27:38 -0400 Received: by mail-vs1-f42.google.com with SMTP id o7so1209954vss.5; Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:25:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HzfJJ9ti6dGQXCyhzrQPruP9ARjniKrfItQOricwCVM=; b=UZsMxaLfjgSb8Wz+DM+qJJCcilpI+G3ZJtHCmVD0UlQPuFuQgHa4MI2n/jcsJDltPa MlagtSTTjpp8wFyfDhHitz1dQ105kI8YMxN1vb97VtkeHNwOS1ODrb7XBiNGSdZ0PS00 0NVG6BBlWXVw1CoaBGTEFuDJRZz0jWlQrPw1IxfdvZZBCMbtaZ24alEeiYRaiuN7Sy9v yqIhZ7CE1+HljHx6S4tOkQPP5O8ZFHlx+mQbcQ8GUiBS/IG/ccqcIjLz77bYgr0wa0eI aLmCXOiPcS8KxwcbYl9AnaWB+90kzWqg0DCQwD6rikwKtsRHCtjrJJcSe6bb5Qs4zuMI 7/IQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531pq0G9qfmykpb+Rg+zMaoYe6usnLCnZGq5U0oiW8y/itlam15S xUWtld6ZiP+BG9P6tM6qWRsv0WHrQb1S2Y6B/es= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwvmAwu+HHSJotcuovnPRGUgRQIzPIHkWjnNsqWWB4uNk5qd6bRBDzubrcXQnmkI1MR5TfaxpSeI4gWUCilEjI= X-Received: by 2002:a67:770d:: with SMTP id s13mr16356931vsc.40.1625041508842; Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:25:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87a6njf0ia.fsf@disp2133> <87tulpbp19.fsf@disp2133> <87zgvgabw1.fsf@disp2133> <875yy3850g.fsf_-_@disp2133> <6e283d24-7121-ae7c-d5ad-558f85858a09@gmail.com> <7ad6c3a9-b983-46a5-fc95-f961b636d3fe@gmail.com> <36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com> <87sg10quue.fsf_-_@disp2133> In-Reply-To: <87sg10quue.fsf_-_@disp2133> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:24:57 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [CFT][PATCH] exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Michael Schmitz , Al Viro , Linus Torvalds , linux-arch , Jens Axboe , Oleg Nesterov , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Richard Henderson , Ivan Kokshaysky , Matt Turner , alpha , linux-m68k , Arnd Bergmann , Tejun Heo , Kees Cook , Linux API Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:28 PM Eric W. Biederman wrote: > The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time. > Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known > caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal. > > Since the code is not needed delete it. > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com > Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" > arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds