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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:42:34 -0500
From:      Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r215178 - in head: lib/libc/sys sys/kern sys/sys
Message-ID:  <AANLkTik4AFop73_swZUwnkGcbDCt9Gksey42r35j3obt@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201011121302.oACD2Qjt009385@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201011121302.oACD2Qjt009385@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: luigi
> Date: Fri Nov 12 13:02:26 2010
> New Revision: 215178
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/215178
>
>
> =A0This change adds a field to 'struct socket', but the struct is not
> =A0part of any driver or userland-visible ABI so the change should be
> =A0harmless.

It changes the KBI, though.  I maintain a third-party kernel module
that uses sockets (it will hopefully hit the Ports Collection this
week); since this addition is at the end of the struct, it is probable
that this module will not need to be recompiled, but I haven't yet
checked.
That said, I hear __FreeBSD_version bumps are cheap.

-Ben Kaduk



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