From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] seq_file: mark seq_get_buf as deprecated
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:41:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210913054121.616001-2-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210913054121.616001-1-hch@lst.de>
This function pokes a big hole into the seq_file abstraction.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
include/linux/seq_file.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index dd99569595fd3..db16b11477875 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ static inline bool seq_has_overflowed(struct seq_file *m)
*
* Return the number of bytes available in the buffer, or zero if
* there's no space.
+ *
+ * DOT NOT USE IN NEW CODE! This function pokes a hole into the whole seq_file
+ * abstraction. The only remaining user outside of seq_file.c is sysfs, which
+ * is gradually moving away from using seq_get_buf directly.
*/
static inline size_t seq_get_buf(struct seq_file *m, char **bufp)
{
--
2.30.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-13 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-13 5:41 start switching sysfs attributes to expose the seq_file Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-09-13 13:19 ` [PATCH 01/13] seq_file: mark seq_get_buf as deprecated Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 16:22 ` Daniel Wagner
2021-09-13 16:29 ` Tejun Heo
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 02/13] kernfs: remove kernfs_create_file and kernfs_create_file_ns Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 13:20 ` Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 03/13] kernfs: remove the unused lockdep_key field in struct kernfs_ops Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 13:21 ` Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 16:30 ` Tejun Heo
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 04/13] sysfs: split out binary attribute handling from sysfs_add_file_mode_ns Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 13:26 ` Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 05/13] sysfs: refactor sysfs_add_file_mode_ns Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 13:27 ` Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 06/13] sysfs: simplify sysfs_kf_seq_show Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 07/13] sysfs: add ->seq_show support to sysfs_ops Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 13:30 ` Christian Brauner
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 08/13] block: convert the blk_mq_hw_ctx attrs to use ->seq_show Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 09/13] block: convert the blk_integrity " Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 10/13] block: convert the request_queue " Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 11/13] block: convert the elevator_queue " Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 12/13] xfs: convert xfs_errortag " Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 5:41 ` [PATCH 13/13] xfs: convert xfs_sysfs " Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-13 6:27 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-14 1:20 ` Dave Chinner
2021-09-14 5:12 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-14 10:56 ` Dave Chinner
2021-09-14 7:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-14 15:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-14 15:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-14 15:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-15 7:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-09-15 7:07 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-13 16:39 ` start switching sysfs attributes to expose the seq_file Bart Van Assche
2021-09-13 16:46 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-09-14 2:53 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-09-13 16:46 ` Tejun Heo
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