Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports |
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2005-01-06 at 23:26, Andrew Morton wrote: > > I think the exports should be restored. So does Linus ("Not that I like it > > all that much, but I don't think we should break existing modules unless we > > have a very specific reason to break just those modules."). > > What happens when the feature is just not (ab)usable in the way proposed ?
At that point there is a specific _reason_ to break it, aka "that function simply doesn't exist any more".
I'm known for happily breaking binary modules, but I think we should do it only if we have a reason _other_ than "let's break a module".
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