Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:51:55 -0400 | From | Theodore Tso <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] blkgetsize64 ioctl |
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:12:07PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote: > > No, that's not what's got me miffed. What is a problem here is that an > obvious next to use ioctl number in a *CORE* kernel api was used without > reserving it. AND PEOPLE SHIPPED IT! I for one don't go about shipping > new ABIs without reserving at least a placeholder for it in the main > kernel (or stating that the code is not bearing a fixed ABI). If the > ioctl # was in the main kernel, this mess would never have happened even > with the accidental shipping of the patch in e2fsprogs.
... and for my part, I included the patch in e2fsprogs because Ben sent me the patch, saying that people would want to test it, and I assumed he had already reserved the ioctl in the kernel. I should have checked first....
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