Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 5 authors, 2021-06-30

Re: [CFT][PATCH] exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2021-06-30 08:25:13
Also in: linux-alpha, linux-api, linux-m68k, lkml

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:28 PM Eric W. Biederman
[off-list ref] wrote:
The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time.
Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known
caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal.

Since the code is not needed delete it.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>
 arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl         |  2 +-
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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