> 2024年8月21日 02:30，Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> 写道： > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 12:09:41AM +0800, Miao Wang wrote: >> However, my original question is whether it is expected to include new >> syscalls in kernel stable tree. According to the document "stable-kernel- >> rules", if I'm interpreting it correctly, I expect only bug fixes and small >> driver enhancements from stable releases. I understand the patch in question >> is actually introducing new syscalls, which is beyond my expectation. So I >> wonder the consideration of including this patch in stable releases. > > When you maintain stable software you quickly realize that everything > is not just pure white or black but a shade of gray and that if it can > be considered as a bug to miss a syscall in certain environments for > example, then it can become a valid fix to add it. I don't have any > opinion on this particular one, but since your question is broader I'm > trying to explain. > > Different people have different expectations about what needs to be > fixed, that's even why some people will choose a distro over another > one (prefer to fix only critical bugs over fixing all bugs for example), > but there's no point restarting a philosophical on this topic which has > already been rehashed too many times in the past. > > As a rule of thumb, just keep in mind that anything that needs to get > fix will eventually be fixed. Many thanks for your explanation! Cheers, Miao Wang > > Thanks, > Willy
