Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:43:10 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/nullfs null_vfsops.c src/sys/fs/nwfs nwfs_vfsops.c src/sys/fs/smbfs smbfs_vfsops.c src/sys/ufs/ufs quota.h ufs_quota.c ufs_vfsops.c src/sys/kern vfs_default.c vfs_vnops.c vnode_if.src src/sys/sys mount.h vnode.h
Message-ID:  <86bq63suj5.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20080226132155.W90776@fledge.watson.org> (Robert Watson's message of "Tue\, 26 Feb 2008 13\:29\:57 %2B0000 \(GMT\)")
References:  <200802250855.m1P8t3w6052042@repoman.freebsd.org> <47C29A07.2070908@FreeBSD.org> <86d4qli8a1.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226123107.N90776@fledge.watson.org> <86r6ezswnu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226132155.W90776@fledge.watson.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I'm fine with us discussing how committed we are to VFS being a KPI we
> don't break in -STABLE branches, but I'm not fine with the claim that
> the KPI wasn't broken by this change.  If pushed on the breaking the
> KPI point, I would come down on the side that says 6.x is a pretty
> mature branch at this point, and that breaking the KPI for purely
> cosmetic reasons (i.e., caddr_t -> void *) doesn't cut it.  I would be
> more swayed by an argument involving a necessary KPI change to address
> a critical bugfix, such as a race condition that results from a poor
> existing interface.

As far as I can tell, David MFCed that patch to avoid merge conflicts
with some other patches, but you'll have to ask him for the details.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86bq63suj5.fsf>