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@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file.
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-What: x86 floppy disable_hlt
-When: 2012
-Why: ancient workaround of dubious utility clutters the
- code used by everybody else.
-Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE, and its ability to call APM BIOS in idle
When: 2012
Why: This optional sub-feature of APM is of dubious reliability,
@@ -513,17 +505,40 @@ Who: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
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-What: The CAP9 SoC family will be removed
-When: 3.4
-Files: arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c
- arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9_devices.c
- arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9.h
- arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9_matrix.h
- arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91cap9_ddrsdr.h
- arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cap9adk.c
-Why: The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find.
-Who: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
- Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
+What: Low Performance USB Block driver ("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB")
+When: 3.6
+Why: This driver provides support for USB storage devices like "USB
+ sticks". As of now, it is deactivated in Debian, Fedora and
+ Ubuntu. All current users can switch over to usb-storage
+ (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) which only drawback is the additional SCSI
+ stack.
+Who: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: kmap_atomic(page, km_type)
+When: 3.5
+Why: The old kmap_atomic() with two arguments is deprecated, we only
+ keep it for backward compatibility for few cycles and then drop it.
+Who: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: get_robust_list syscall
+When: 2013
+Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall,
+ and it runs the risk of leaking address locations, allowing the bypass
+ of ASLR. It was only ever intended for debugging, so it should be
+ removed.
+Who: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: setitimer accepts user NULL pointer (value)
+When: 3.6
+Why: setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This
+ violates the spec.
+Who: Sasikantha Babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail.com>
----------------------------