From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754766Ab3LQQUx (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:20:53 -0500 Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:53071 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754443Ab3LQQUU (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:20:20 -0500 From: Neil Horman To: linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org Cc: Neil Horman , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] printk: Add a DEPRECATED macro Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:19:58 -0500 Message-Id: <1387297199-14363-2-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1387297199-14363-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> References: <1387205049-22752-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1387297199-14363-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org sctp has several points in its setsockopt path in which it issues deprecation warnings. It seems like it might be handy to macrotize such a warning so other subsystems can use it easily Signed-off-by: Neil Horman CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman CC: "David S. Miller" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Change Notes: v3) * Convert to using a string prefix rather than a specific pr_ macro --- include/linux/printk.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h index 6949258..26fb95c 100644 --- a/include/linux/printk.h +++ b/include/linux/printk.h @@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ struct va_format { #define HW_ERR "[Hardware Error]: " /* + * DEPRECATED + * Add this to a message whenever you want to warn user space about the use + * of a deprecated aspect of an API so they can stop using it + */ +#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: " + +/* * Dummy printk for disabled debugging statements to use whilst maintaining * gcc's format and side-effect checking. */ -- 1.8.3.1