White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability

Posted May 17, 2024 15:06 UTC (Fri) by mb (subscriber, #50428)
In reply to: White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability by bluca
Parent article: White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability

Making things a no-op also is an interface change. You're just hiding the fact.

White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability

Posted May 17, 2024 15:17 UTC (Fri) by bluca (subscriber, #118303) [Link] (2 responses)

It is, the point is that if an interface change is needed, then it's better to make it transparent than to hard break stuff, in case it's something that it's no longer necessary and doesn't make any difference anyway.

White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability

Posted May 17, 2024 16:14 UTC (Fri) by mb (subscriber, #50428) [Link] (1 responses)

>then it's better to make it transparent than to hard break stuff

No. It depends on the change itself whether a silent ignore is better or not. It might be worse to silently ignore something the user has requested.

White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability

Posted May 17, 2024 16:22 UTC (Fri) by bluca (subscriber, #118303) [Link]

> in case it's something that it's no longer necessary and doesn't make any difference anyway.