On 12/2/23 22:30, Kees Cook wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2023 at 07:12:25PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >> On 12/2/23 05:23, Song, Xiongwei wrote: >> > >> > >> >> Yes, they are already recognized by the patch. > > Ah, sorry, I missed that. I didn't see it when I skimmed earlier. > >> >> with a boot pr_warn() about their deprecation/renaming for several >> >> releases (likely across LTSes). I think it's not a good idea to >> >> wholesale rename these with no warning. That's going to cause a lot of >> >> surprises and broken userspace... >> > >> > Oh, yes, that's a good idea. Will update. >> >> I'd wait for a while with the warnings, no need to rush. > > Better to start ASAP, yeah? I find it a bit obnoxious to accept the slub_* names in one kernel release and immediately warn in the next one. I'd let the people who read the news/docs adjust on their own first :) After all, we wouldn't be warning about something that's dangerous if not acted upon immediately, or something.
