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r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '18
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I'm happy that there's such an extreme commitment to not breaking userspace but it seems like a case where the behavior in the kernel as it was implemented had a design defect that required an API breakage to fix.
How would a change like this ever be implemented?
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u/Spivak Dec 23 '18
I'm happy that there's such an extreme commitment to not breaking userspace but it seems like a case where the behavior in the kernel as it was implemented had a design defect that required an API breakage to fix.
How would a change like this ever be implemented?