[patch 1/1] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD

[akpm@osdl.org]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>

Apparently FUTEX_FD is unfixably racy and nothing uses it (or if it does, it
shouldn't).

Add a warning printk, give any remaining users six months to migrate off it.

Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---

 kernel/futex.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff -puN kernel/futex.c~schedule-removal-of-futex_fd kernel/futex.c
--- a/kernel/futex.c~schedule-removal-of-futex_fd
+++ a/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1507,6 +1507,14 @@ static int futex_fd(u32 __user *uaddr, i
 	struct futex_q *q;
 	struct file *filp;
 	int ret, err;
+	static int warn_count;
+
+	if (warn_count < 10) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Process `%s' used FUTEX_FD, which "
+		    	"will be removed from the kernel in June 2007\n",
+			current->comm);
+		warn_count++;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (!valid_signal(signal))
_
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