From c4823983538d5fdf38575b3f3ba3a0d10b7f021a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:35:33 +0200 Subject: raw: deprecate the raw driver The raw driver has been replaced by O_DIRECT support on the block device in 2002. Deprecate it to prepare for removal in a few kernel releases. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- drivers/char/raw.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c index 380bf518338e..ccf5bd528642 100644 --- a/drivers/char/raw.c +++ b/drivers/char/raw.c @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ static int raw_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) return 0; } + pr_warn_ratelimited( + "process %s (pid %d) is using the deprecated raw device\n" + "support will be removed in Linux 5.14.\n", + current->comm, current->pid); + mutex_lock(&raw_mutex); /* -- cgit v1.2.3