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>
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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
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