From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Amit Gud <amitgud1@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove union u from linux/fs.h
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:53:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1098284026.3872.121.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041020131015.GB20287@infradead.org>
On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 14:10 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > This patch does that along with the changes in other parts of the
> > kernel that references the union. Its compile-tested and applies
> > cleanly to 2.6.9 vanilla.
>
> I don't think we shoould do such purely cosmetic changes that break backwards
> compatibility during stable series.
I don't think he meant to apply it to 2.6.9.1. 2.6.10.x is an entirely
new stable series, and 2.6.10-rcX are the development series leading up
to it, surely?
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-20 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-20 9:13 Amit Gud
2004-10-20 13:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-20 13:28 ` Amit Gud
2004-10-20 14:53 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2004-10-21 6:41 ` Amit Gud
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