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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	dvhart@linux.intel.com, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com,
	jkosina@suse.cz, rob@landley.net,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, spender@grsecurity.net,
	keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>,
	xemul@parallels.com, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	#@programming.kicks-ass.net, 3.4.x@programming.kicks-ass.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated"
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:57:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <501FDB45.4050104@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1344264832.27828.65.camel@twins>

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Am 06.08.2012 16:53, schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
> On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 15:29 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> get_robust_list has at least two valid use cases.
>> 1. checkpoint/restore in userspace
>> 2. post mortem analysis 
> 
> Shouldn't this then also be added as a comment somewhere near the
> implementation to avoid a repeat of this deprecate / undeprecate cycle?

Or someone submits a patch to glibc and the man-pages project to make this
system call official...

Thanks,
//richard


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      reply	other threads:[~2012-08-06 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1344000593-18794-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at>
2012-08-03 13:34 ` [PATCH] Revert "futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated" Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-08-03 14:04   ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-08-03 17:17 ` Kees Cook
2012-08-06 14:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-08-06 14:57   ` Richard Weinberger [this message]

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