[PATCH] Add deprecated_for_modules

Add a deprecated_for_modules macro that allows symbols to be deprecated only when used by modules, as suggested by Andrew Morton some months back. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-mirror · May 1, 2005 · 512345b · 512345b
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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(void __iomem *);
 # define __deprecated		/* unimplemented */
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE
+#define __deprecated_for_modules __deprecated
+#else
+#define __deprecated_for_modules
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __must_check
 #define __must_check
 #endif