On Tue, 2019-06-25 at 13:17 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote: > From: Alastair D'Silva <alast...@d-silva.org> > > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those responsible > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a change > in those subsystems. [] > The default behaviour of hexdump is unchanged, however, the prototype > for hex_dump_to_buffer() has changed, and print_hex_dump() has been > renamed to print_hex_dump_ext(), with a wrapper replacing it for > compatibility with existing code, which would have been too invasive to > change.
I believe this cover letter is misleading. The point of the wrapper is to avoid unnecessary changes in existing code.