From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23FA4212A36F5 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 22:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:46:45 +0200 From: Michal Hocko Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] mm: export alloc_pages_vma Message-ID: <20190626054645.GB17798@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20190613094326.24093-1-hch@lst.de> <20190613094326.24093-6-hch@lst.de> <20190620191733.GH12083@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625072317.GC30350@lst.de> <20190625150053.GJ11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625190038.GK11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces@lists.01.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: Dan Williams Cc: linux-nvdimm , nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Maling list - DRI developers , Linux MM , =?iso-8859-1?B?Suly9G1l?= Glisse , Jason Gunthorpe , Ben Skeggs , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig List-ID: On Tue 25-06-19 12:52:18, Dan Williams wrote: [...] > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > That document has failed to preclude symbol export fights in the past > and there is a reasonable argument to try not to retract functionality > that had been previously exported regardless of that document. Can you point me to any specific example where this would be the case for the core kernel symbols please? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs _______________________________________________ Linux-nvdimm mailing list Linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-nvdimm From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98081C48BD6 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73933208E3 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1561528009; bh=fJBY/PjXpnYRiXMdHxBFOVurN3zO5qefcGhU4TELsu8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=zJnlssfh4fvFq6FbtUyBxC5n685GWN6qzcm7J9E7+RjtIYauIqNlqyjdlLesaLsUE oF4ZXJ7gY4xZ1CiADHrdHJEvmP/oVH157J10sju7jNIpWF2hNnU/FYWyJ3aUUsTTsI 7UUWreu0RPr0LFRmXacDuSxpPFNMQxL+rAvRQGCM= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726537AbfFZFqs (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:46:48 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:51842 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725379AbfFZFqs (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:46:48 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BEDAF03; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:46:45 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Dan Williams Cc: Christoph Hellwig , =?iso-8859-1?B?Suly9G1l?= Glisse , Jason Gunthorpe , Ben Skeggs , Linux MM , nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, Maling list - DRI developers , linux-nvdimm , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] mm: export alloc_pages_vma Message-ID: <20190626054645.GB17798@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20190613094326.24093-1-hch@lst.de> <20190613094326.24093-6-hch@lst.de> <20190620191733.GH12083@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625072317.GC30350@lst.de> <20190625150053.GJ11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625190038.GK11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue 25-06-19 12:52:18, Dan Williams wrote: [...] > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > That document has failed to preclude symbol export fights in the past > and there is a reasonable argument to try not to retract functionality > that had been previously exported regardless of that document. Can you point me to any specific example where this would be the case for the core kernel symbols please? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Hocko Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] mm: export alloc_pages_vma Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:46:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20190626054645.GB17798@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20190613094326.24093-1-hch@lst.de> <20190613094326.24093-6-hch@lst.de> <20190620191733.GH12083@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625072317.GC30350@lst.de> <20190625150053.GJ11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625190038.GK11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: Dan Williams Cc: linux-nvdimm , nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Maling list - DRI developers , Linux MM , =?iso-8859-1?B?Suly9G1l?= Glisse , Jason Gunthorpe , Ben Skeggs , linux-pci-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Christoph Hellwig List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org On Tue 25-06-19 12:52:18, Dan Williams wrote: [...] > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > That document has failed to preclude symbol export fights in the past > and there is a reasonable argument to try not to retract functionality > that had been previously exported regardless of that document. Can you point me to any specific example where this would be the case for the core kernel symbols please? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs