[PATCH] deprecate the kernel_thread export

Announce that the kernel_thread export will be removed in half a year,
after all it's users have been converted to the kthread_ API, which I plan
to do over the next month.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c7a4d0f..803a9ed 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ Who:       Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
 
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+What:  remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
+When:  August 2006
+Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
+Why:   kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail.  Drivers should
+        use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
+       implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
+       prevents bugs and code duplication
+Who:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:  EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
 When:  January 2006
 Why:   Too low-level interface.  Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.