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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt11
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0b0eeb20fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads
+Date: June 2012
+Contact: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Description: Since pdflush is replaced by per-BDI flusher, the interface of old pdflush
+ exported in /proc/sys/vm/ should be removed.
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index e9237fb71950..88f2fa48bb63 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ Who: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
---------------------------
+What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads
+When: 2012
+Why: Since pdflush is deprecated, the interface exported in /proc/sys/vm/
+ should be removed.
+Who: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.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,
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 84eb25cd69aa..06d662b1c5d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
- mmap_min_addr
- nr_hugepages
- nr_overcommit_hugepages
-- nr_pdflush_threads
- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
- numa_zonelist_order
- oom_dump_tasks
@@ -426,16 +425,6 @@ See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
==============================================================
-nr_pdflush_threads
-
-The current number of pdflush threads. This value is read-only.
-The value changes according to the number of dirty pages in the system.
-
-When necessary, additional pdflush threads are created, one per second, up to
-nr_pdflush_threads_max.
-
-==============================================================
-
nr_trim_pages
This is available only on NOMMU kernels.