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Linux kernel user facing APIs never break? It really depends on what you consider user facing. If you’ve ever relied on or considered sysfs to be a user facing
by bradfa 4y ago
Linux kernel user facing APIs never break? It really depends on what you consider user facing. If you’ve ever relied on or considered sysfs to be a user facing API there have been numerous and severe breakages over time in the Linux kernel.
- amarant 4y agoI think gp was referring to Linus Torvalds somewhat famous mantra to "never ever break userland, ever" Quite a few engineers has seen the sharper side of his tongue for not taking that mantra seriously enough
- bradfa 4y agoSure, he does rant about it, but the user facing APIs break constantly none the less.
- Falell 4y agoA relevant example from yesterday: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjifBVf3ub0WWBXYg7JAao6V8coCdouseaButR0gi5xmg@mail.gmail.com/T/#u https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjifBVf3ub0WWBXYg7JAao6V8...