Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] unwind: Export unwind_user symbol to GPL modules

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:40:03 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.tech-board-discuss,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 11:10:06AM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> It is odd to read this claimed benefit when viewing it from the wider
> Linux kernel project. Upstream maintenance of ABI contracts is the
> fundamental struggle of subsystems. The request, "can we get the kernel
> out of the way and maintain our own ABI to our users?" is a consistent
> refrain, and it consistently receives a qualified "no" for regression,
> security, and other interface evolution concerns.

Exactly.