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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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* Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:

> No, the problem is that the thing is not just a) wrong, but b) 
> only made it in through sneaky ways.

People disagree with a), and b) only really matters if a) is 
true.

You never gave a technical reason for why protecting against 
future ABI clashes is 'wrong'. It looks like a marginally 
useful, practical patch to me.

Thanks,

	Ingo