| commit | a3f916f2c84f2b9e1d32cc0dbfe326a9e380dbfb | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> | Fri Jan 15 23:55:21 2010 +0100 |
| committer | Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> | Wed Mar 03 08:37:41 2010 +0100 |
| tree | 3ed5c2697322f8c6ac1bb2fbec5cc463b2143578 | |
| parent | 6e83ee075ed74941ccaad4fec503f6b24646e7e0 [diff] |
pcmcia: disable pcmcia ioctl for !ARM, prepare for removal
The PCMCIA ioctl -- deprecated for years -- suffers from insufficient
locking. As it already has been deprecated for years, with its removal
long overdue, limit it to !SMP and !PREEMPT.
Furthermore, the last legitimate use of the ioctl to be reported
relates to the ARM architecture in 2008.[1] Attempts to resolve
this issue turned out unsuccessful so far.[2] Other usages have only
been reported as hear-say. If there are any legitiate and necessary
use-cases remaining, please speak out before the end of the grace
period until 2.6.3{5,6}(-rc1).
[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2008-April/005440.html
see also: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/27/291
[2] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2008-April/005450.html
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2010-January/006740.html
see also: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2008-April/005453.html
CC: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
CC: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
CC: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>