Re: [PATCH v4.14, v4.19, v5.4, v5.10, v5.15] igb: free up irq resources in device shutdown path.

[imran.f.khan@oracle.com]

Hello Greg,
Thanks for confirming and I am sorry for the confusion. I was referring to
kABI (Kernel Application binary Interface) which is a set of in-kernel symbols
used by drivers and other modules.
We (Oracle Linux) try to keep it unchanged so that external third party
kernel modules or drivers work without needing recompilation.

I understand now, that there is no such requirements in upstream.

thanks,
imran

On 23/4/2024 9:13 am, Greg KH wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 08:32:09AM +1000, imran.f.khan@oracle.com wrote:
>> Could you kindly confirm if a backport that fixes an issue but breaks kernel ABI
>> is allowed in stable tree ?
> There is no such thing as a stable in-kernel api, so I don't understand
> what you are asking here, sorry.
>
> The only api that we ever care about is the user/kernel api, that can
> not break.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h