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

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 17:58:02 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] random: convert to using iters, for Al Viro

Hi Jens,

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 09:51:06AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> ABI. Obviously that can happen sometimes, but I think this one is
> exactly the poster child of breakage that should NOT happen. We took
> away a feature that someone depended on.

I suppose somebody (Meta, I presume) *did* notice the breakage, which is
sign enough.

Jason