+ mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/damon/Kconfig: add DAMON debugfs interface deprecation notice
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything
branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there every 2-3 working days

------------------------------------------------------
From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/damon/Kconfig: add DAMON debugfs interface deprecation notice
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 19:20:08 +0000

DAMON debugfs interface has announced to be deprecated after >v5.15 LTS
kernel is released.  And, v6.1.y has announced to be an LTS[1].

Though the announcement was there for a while, some people might not
noticed that so far.  Also, some users could depend on it and have
problems at  movng to the alternative (DAMON sysfs interface).

For such cases, note DAMON debugfs interface as deprecated, and contacts
to ask helps on the Kconfig.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/website.git/commit/?id=332e9121320bc7461b2d3a79665caf153e51732c

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230209192009.7885-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/damon/Kconfig |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/damon/Kconfig~mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice
+++ a/mm/damon/Kconfig
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ config DAMON_SYSFS
 	  the interface for arbitrary data access monitoring.
 
 config DAMON_DBGFS
-	bool "DAMON debugfs interface"
+	bool "DAMON debugfs interface (DEPRECATED!)"
 	depends on DAMON_VADDR && DAMON_PADDR && DEBUG_FS
 	help
 	  This builds the debugfs interface for DAMON.  The user space admins
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ config DAMON_DBGFS
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-	  This will be removed after >5.15.y LTS kernel is released, so users
-	  should move to the sysfs interface (DAMON_SYSFS).
+	  This is deprecated, so users should move to the sysfs interface
+	  (DAMON_SYSFS).  If you depend on this and cannot move, please report
+	  your usecase to damon@lists.linux.dev and linux-mm@kvack.org.
 
 config DAMON_DBGFS_KUNIT_TEST
 	bool "Test for damon debugfs interface" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are

docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch
mm-damon-kconfig-add-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-notice.patch
mm-damon-dbgfs-print-damon-debugfs-interface-deprecation-message.patch