From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neil Horman Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] printk: Add a DEPRECATED macro Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:29:42 -0500 Message-ID: <1387805383-21500-2-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> References: <1387205049-22752-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1387805383-21500-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Neil Horman , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1387805383-21500-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.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 CC: netdev@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