Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:41:25 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] check-module-params: Introduce check-module-params.sh |
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 06:02:59PM -0800, John Moon wrote: > One part of maintaining backwards compatibility with older > userspace programs is avoiding changes to module parameters.
Really? I don't think module parameters are a UAPI in the traditional sense. Now if you break a heavily used one you got to fix it, but applying strict stability guarantees on module options which are not availble to normal users or even normal programs doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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