Re: [CFT][PATCH] exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jun 30 2021 - 04:25:12 EST


On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:28 PM Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time.
> Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known
> caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal.
>
> Since the code is not needed delete it.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@xxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +-

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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