From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Gortmaker Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/1] Delete legacy power trace API Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:17:10 -0500 Message-ID: <20130106001710.GD1841@windriver.com> References: <1357350544-32704-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <5190666.Mu6UtpjCCL@vostro.rjw.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5190666.Mu6UtpjCCL@vostro.rjw.lan> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Arjan van de Ven , Frederic Weisbecker , Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org [Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/1] Delete legacy power trace API] On 05/01/2013 (Sat 23:10) Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, January 04, 2013 08:49:03 PM Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > The actual deletion is mind-numbingly simple; and if you go by the > > comments in the code, it is well overdue. However, in discussions > > with Frederic, he suggested to me that those comments might have > > been overly optimistic, and that there may still be people out > > there who are still unknowingly using this dead API. > > > > So, that is the crux of the RFC component -- to check whether the > > comments saying "delete by v3.1" can be taken at face value, or > > whether they were overly optimistic, and hence this stuff is still > > actively used even though it is overdue for deletion. > > Do you want me or the tracing maintainers to handle this? I have no particular preference as to what path it takes in getting merged to mainline - just so long as we don't hear anyone requesting it to _not_ be removed in the next few days. Paul. -- > > Rafael > > > > --- > > > > Paul Gortmaker (1): > > tracing: remove deprecated power trace API > > > > Documentation/trace/events-power.txt | 27 +---------- > > arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c | 2 - > > arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 6 --- > > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 1 - > > drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 2 - > > include/trace/events/power.h | 92 ------------------------------------ > > kernel/trace/Kconfig | 15 ------ > > kernel/trace/power-traces.c | 3 -- > > 8 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 147 deletions(-) > > > > > -- > I speak only for myself. > Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.