Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 May 2010 14:36:04 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] cpumask: fix compat getaffinity |
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:13:55PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 11 May 2010 17:20:02 Greg KH wrote: > > > AFAIK, -stable is mainly used for distro and they have many and many > > > packages. we can't assume no app read /sys files directly. > > > IOW, To change /sys printing format is a bit risky change. frequently > > > compatibility breaking natually break code stability. > > > > Ah, the sysfs user/kernel API is what you are referring to here, right? > > If so, remember, any changes need to be documented in Documentation/API > > :) > > And as for distros using -stable for their releases, that's fine, they > > well know the risks/benefits for that and handle changes on their own. > > Would it make sense to use my initial patch for -stable, which reverts > the ABI back to before the change that caused the problem, but apply > the correct fix (changing the ABI throughout) for future releases?
I do not know, as I really don't know what the issue is here.
I trust that you, and the others, can come up with a fix for mainline properly, and if it applies to the stable tree, feel free to forward it to stable@kernel.org for submission then.
thanks,
greg k-h
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