Re: [GIT PULL] Bootconfig: Updates for v7.0

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:37:13 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 at 15:35, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> >   Note that this changes the bootconfig formatting but this should not
> >   fall under the don't break user space rule as users of bootconfig is
> >   for booting the kernel and not about applications running in the
> >   kernel's user space.
> 
> Note that the rule is about breaking *users*, not breaking user space per se.
> 
> It's obviously not about "user space applications", since about h alf
> of the kernel is about hardware interfaces. If you break a driver, you
> break the user expectations.
> 
> If some user setup breaks, things need fixing.
> 
> That said, I agree that this is not likely to break any user
> configuration, but I want to make it very clear that there are no
> excuses about "user space applications".

Thanks for the clarification, I'll be more careful for the rule.

>                Linus


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