On Tue, 2017-08-29 at 10:36 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote: > > > > Your change broke a bunch of output. > > Tough. We've done that before to force people to fix their code.
No worries. I don't mind the change at all really. You do seem to like enhancing your reputation against "plays well with others" kindergarten grading. > I'm actually upset that EVEN NOW (and it's been, what, 18 months), Odd maths. October 2016 to August 2017 is barely half that. > people ask for the old broken shit behavior back. You seem to overestimate how often people test their code against current kernels. And look for documentation that shows this as a requirement. Other than your commit log entry and some LKML chatter I believe that you'll have a hard time finding any. $ git grep -i KERN_CONT Documentation/ $ git grep -i pr_cont Documentation/ $
