From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 12:50:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012611065672; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:50:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (skuns.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C2348FC21; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m71Co69r012736 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:50:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m71Co6Dl071028; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:50:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m71Co5aX071027; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:50:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:50:05 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Alfred Perlstein Message-ID: <20080801125005.GI97161@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <1217346345.12322.31.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20080801124417.GA76659@elvis.mu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BRF4e1IEQp0HoEFj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080801124417.GA76659@elvis.mu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93.3, clamav-milter version 0.93.3 on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Cc: Ken Smith , freebsd-stable , freebsd-current Subject: Re: Upcoming ABI Breakage in RELENG_7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:50:39 -0000 --BRF4e1IEQp0HoEFj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 05:44:17AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Ken Smith [080729 08:47] wrote: > >=20 > > Normally the FreeBSD Project tries very hard to avoid ABI breakage in > > "Stable Branches". However occasionally the fix for a bug can not be > > implemented without ABI breakage, and it is decided that the fix > > warrants the impact of the ABI breakage. We have one of those > > situations coming along for RELENG_7 (what will become FreeBSD 7.1). > > The ABI breakage should only impact kernel modules that are not part of > > the baseline system (those will be patched by the MFC) which deal with > > advisory locks. As such the impact should not cause many people > > problems. > >=20 > > The work that will be MFCed fixes issues with filesystem advisory locks, > > and moves the advisory locks list from filesystem-private data > > structures into the vnode structure. > >=20 > > The MFC will be done by Kostantin Belousov some time this coming Friday > > (August 1st, 2008) if you have concerns and want to watch for it. >=20 > Ken, >=20 > Can you point at a cvs/svn log or two that details the change and > why? MFCed as r181119. See the log for all details. --BRF4e1IEQp0HoEFj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiTBn0ACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4g9+QCcCcUYWfyVDLMXYyYUbE6rkwxu Lm4AoOcvJNogNIX8MCQRhV3H9uNQFbm6 =Z8AX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BRF4e1IEQp0HoEFj--