linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] bonding: rename slave to link where possible

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Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:51:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mkubecek@...e.cz
Cc:     jarod@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, tadavis@....gov, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] bonding: rename slave to link where
 possible

From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:23:17 +0200

> Even if the module parameters are deprecated and extremely inconvenient
> as a mean of bonding configuration, I would say changing their names
> would still count as "breaking the userspace".

I totally agree.

Anything user facing has to be kept around for the deprecation period,
and that includes module parameters.