Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:06:03 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-23:16.openzfs Message-ID: <448r6a2ejo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20231204230246.f11fce2914500a99e094de0b@dec.sakura.ne.jp> (Tomoaki AOKI's message of "Mon, 4 Dec 2023 23:02:46 %2B0900") References: <20231201031737.DF0231B942@freefall.freebsd.org> <ZWsI4SbNU2xPjaPF@marvin.hueftgold.tld> <ZW2P8xz046Eqo_0u@fc.opsec.eu> <445y1eaxiz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20231204230246.f11fce2914500a99e094de0b@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
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Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> writes:
> On Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:48:52 -0500
> Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
>
>> Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> writes:
>>
>> > I had thought that the ZFS fix is a kernel fix so that the kernel
>> > would also report -p1, but it does not. It might be because
>> > zfs is a kernel module, so the kernel itself was not really patched,
>> > but I might be wrong here.
>>
>> As far as I can see, that seems exactly right.
>
> As this kind of confusion caused by mismatch of patchlevel between
> kernel and userland arises from time to time, now would be the time to
> switch to keep patchlevel in sync between kernel and userland.
>
> This would force both kernel and userland to be built using the same
> patchlevel, even if one of which is actually unchanged.
> But maybe helpful to avoid confusion like this.
I doubt that no approach would keep *someone* from being surprised,
*some* time. Whether such a change would make it less common? Maybe,
but I am definitely the last person you should ask.
Be well.
Lowell
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