netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/3] taprio: Allow users not to specify "flags" when changing schedules

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:09:54 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     olteanv@...il.com
Cc:     vinicius.gomes@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        vladimir.oltean@....com, po.liu@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/3] taprio: Allow users not to specify "flags"
 when changing schedules

From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:24:30 +0200

> At some point, the 5.3 kernel will go EOL. When would be a good time
> to make the "flags" optional on "tc qdisc replace", without concerns
> about different behavior across versions?

5.3, and 5.4, and... and how long do distros ship that kernel?

This is why it is absolutely critical to flesh out all public
facing interface concerns before the feature is merged into
the tree rather than later.