From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270967AbTHBAcr (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 20:32:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270978AbTHBAcr (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 20:32:47 -0400 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:15276 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270967AbTHBAcq (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 20:32:46 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: Andrew Morton Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com, andrea@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] RCU: Reduce size of rcu_head 1 of 2 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:00:36 MST." <20030801160036.029e542b.akpm@osdl.org> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 10:32:24 +1000 Message-Id: <20030802003246.064132C04F@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In message <20030801160036.029e542b.akpm@osdl.org> you write: > Rusty Russell wrote: > > > > Gratuitous change to API during stable series BAD BAD BAD. If > > you drop this it stays as is until 2.8. The extra arg in > > unneccessary, but breaking it is worse. > > There won't be any out-of-tree users by then. Not that you will know of, that's the entire point IMHO. All those people who forward port to 2.6, or who are developing drivers for the first time, completely outside the "normal" channels. Just please please please don't break any API in a stable series. Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.