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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 576257f180eb..e4b57756b9f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- -What: x86 floppy disable_hlt -When: 2012 -Why: ancient workaround of dubious utility clutters the - code used by everybody else. -Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> - ---------------------------- - What: CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE, and its ability to call APM BIOS in idle When: 2012 Why: This optional sub-feature of APM is of dubious reliability, @@ -513,17 +505,40 @@ Who: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> ---------------------------- -What: The CAP9 SoC family will be removed -When: 3.4 -Files: arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c - arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9_devices.c - arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9.h - arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9_matrix.h - arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9_ddrsdr.h - arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cap9adk.c -Why: The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find. -Who: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> - Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> +What: Low Performance USB Block driver ("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB") +When: 3.6 +Why: This driver provides support for USB storage devices like "USB + sticks". As of now, it is deactivated in Debian, Fedora and + Ubuntu. All current users can switch over to usb-storage + (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) which only drawback is the additional SCSI + stack. +Who: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> + +---------------------------- + +What: kmap_atomic(page, km_type) +When: 3.5 +Why: The old kmap_atomic() with two arguments is deprecated, we only + keep it for backward compatibility for few cycles and then drop it. +Who: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: get_robust_list syscall +When: 2013 +Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall, + and it runs the risk of leaking address locations, allowing the bypass + of ASLR. It was only ever intended for debugging, so it should be + removed. +Who: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> + +---------------------------- + +What: setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value) +When: 3.6 +Why: setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This + violates the spec. +Who: Sasikantha Babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail.com> ---------------------------- |