On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 18:15 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:35:42PM -0600, Tom Tucker wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:49 +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > >... > > > No. That's the wrong question. What's the real upside? > > > > Explicitly documenting what comprises the kernel API (external, > > supported) and what comprises the kernel implementation (internal, not > > supported). > >... > > There is not, never was, and never will be, any supported external API > of the kernel.
Philosophically I understand what you're saying, but in practical terms there is the issue of managing core API like kmalloc. Although kmalloc _could_ change, doing so would be extremely painful. In fact anyone who proposed such a change would have to have a profoundly powerful argument as to why it was necessary. I think this patchset is an attempt to make it easier to identify and review these kinds of interfaces. > > cu > Adrian > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
