From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@windriver.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Are there any internal kernel ABI/API guarantees in -stable releases?
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 07:08:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025053047-manly-dole-d7ad@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <929a9cbf-1059-4cfc-bed0-88e8fe931560@windriver.com>
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 01:48:26PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Looking at
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> there are a number of criteria for patches to -stable releases.
>
> However, there is no mention of preserving the stability of internal kernel
> ABIs and/or APIs.
That is because there is no such guarantee.
Hope this helps,
greg k-h
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2025-05-29 19:48 Are there any internal kernel ABI/API guarantees in -stable releases? Chris Friesen
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