Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 6 May 2011 13:51:29 -0700 | Subject | Re: Fix powerTOP regression with 2.6.39-rc5 |
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > > I strongly NACK this!
Doesn't matter.
Binary compatibility is more important.
And if binaries don't use the interface to parse the format (or just parse it wrongly - see the fairly recent example of adding uuid's to /proc/self/mountinfo), then it's a regression.
And regressions get reverted, unless there are security issues or similar that makes us go "Oh Gods, we really have to break things".
I don't understand why this simple logic is so hard for some kernel developers to understand. Reality matters. Your personal wishes matter NOT AT ALL.
If you made an interface that can be used without parsing the interface description, then we're stuck with the interface. Theory simply doesn't matter.
You could help fix the tools, and try to avoid the compatibility issues that way. There aren't that many of them.
Linus
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