linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] random: convert to using iters, for Al Viro

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 15:47:40 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] random: convert to using iters, for Al Viro

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 09:34:46AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:

> I'm very sure, otherwise we're just accepting that we're breaking real
> world applications.

"Breaking" as in "it used to work with earlier kernels, doesn't work with
recent ones"?  Details, please...