From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Denis Cheng Subject: [RFC][PATCH] mark /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level to be removed Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:10 +0800 Message-ID: <1206018190-5888-1-git-send-email-crquan@gmail.com> Return-path: Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.186]:38290 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754435AbYCTNEM (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:04:12 -0400 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id v46so690201rnb.15 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:04:11 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng --- Since scsi_logging_level module_param can be read/written while system running, the demand for /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level has been no longer mandotory. But someone might have already set this value in /etc/sysctl.conf, so mark it to be removed in one year (until March 2009). One year might be not enough or too long, this period should also be discussed. Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c1d1fd0..97bdb96 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -328,3 +328,16 @@ Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner + +--------------------------- + +What: /proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level +When: March 2009 +Files: drivers/scsi/scsi_sysctl.c +Check: /etc/sysctl.conf +Why: its functionality is also provided by the scsi_mod's module param, + module_param(scsi_logging_level, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); + that can be read and written with + /sys/module/scsi_mod/parameters/scsi_logging_level + like the sysctl interface while system running. +Who: Denis Cheng or linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org -- 1.5.4.4