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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2011-04-01 15:08:48 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2011-05-29 03:39:15 -0400
commit3b70b2e5fcf6315eb833a1bcc2b810bdc75484ff (patch)
tree803b88453cf6be96b81727105b67bb7566cf7b48 /drivers/block/floppy.c
parent06ae40ce073daf233607a3c54a489f2c1e44683e (diff)
downloadlinux-3b70b2e5fcf6315eb833a1bcc2b810bdc75484ff.tar.gz
x86 idle floppy: deprecate disable_hlt()
Plan to remove floppy_disable_hlt in 2012, an ancient
workaround with comments that it should be removed.

This allows us to remove clutter and a run-time branch
from the idle code.

WARN_ONCE() on invocation until it is removed.

cc: x86@kernel.org
cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/floppy.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/floppy.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 77fc76f8aea9..20aea9b511b5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ static void floppy_disable_hlt(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "floppy_disable_hlt() scheduled for removal in 2012");
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&floppy_hlt_lock, flags);
 	if (!hlt_disabled) {
 		hlt_disabled = 1;