net: deprecate print_mac
We've had %pM for long enough now, time to deprecate
print_mac() and remove the __maybe_unused attribute
from DECLARE_MAC_BUF so that variables declared with
that can be found and removed. Otherwise people are
putting in new users of print_mac().
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 70fdba2..580b600 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@
/*
* Display a 6 byte device address (MAC) in a readable format.
*/
-extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr) __deprecated;
#define MAC_FMT "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x"
#define MAC_BUF_SIZE 18
-#define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE] __maybe_unused
+#define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE]
#endif