printk: Add a DEPRECATED macro
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 <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 @@
#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.
*/