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Date:      Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:36:07 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r296320 - in head/sys: kern sys
Message-ID:  <56D821A7.2020105@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160303112716.GO67250@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <201603021846.u22IkHWM010861@repo.freebsd.org> <56D81918.6020403@selasky.org> <20160303112716.GO67250@kib.kiev.ua>

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On 03/03/16 12:27, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
>> >BTW: The FreeBSD kernel version should have been bumped because
>> >_callout_stop_safe() is a public callout API, used by all external
>> >kernel modules, which now will have undefined behaviour until recompiled.
> The change was done in a way which is compatible with the pre-commit
> callout_stop_safe(9)  users.  I even consider it mergeable into the
> stable/10 without requiring any shims.
>
>

Yes, your change is compatible if you compile the code, but not binary 
compatible. See the following macros, and how they use _callout_stop_safe():

#define callout_stop(c)         _callout_stop_safe(c, 0, NULL)
#define callout_async_drain(c, d)                                       \
     _callout_stop_safe(c, 0, d)

Because callout_stop(c) is a macro, you've now change the API for 
callout_stop() aswell. This is what I think will break binary 
compatibility in 10.x.

That's why the need to bump __FreeBSD_version__

--HPS



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