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Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: remove privcmd_ioctl_mmap()
- To: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
- From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:32:10 +0200
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- Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Delivery-date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:32:41 +0000
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On 15.09.2022 10:39, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAP isn't in use by Xen since at least Xen 4.0.
>
> Remove it from the privcmd driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Can we reasonably remove an IOCTL, without being entirely certain that
no users exist outside of xen.git? Even if so, shouldn't there be a
staged deprecation process?
Jan
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