Re: [PATCH] blkgetsize64 ioctl

[Theodore Tso]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:12:07PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
> 
> No, that's not what's got me miffed.  What is a problem here is that an
> obvious next to use ioctl number in a *CORE* kernel api was used without
> reserving it.  AND PEOPLE SHIPPED IT!  I for one don't go about shipping
> new ABIs without reserving at least a placeholder for it in the main
> kernel (or stating that the code is not bearing a fixed ABI).  If the
> ioctl # was in the main kernel, this mess would never have happened even
> with the accidental shipping of the patch in e2fsprogs.  

... and for my part, I included the patch in e2fsprogs because Ben
sent me the patch, saying that people would want to test it, and I
assumed he had already reserved the ioctl in the kernel.  I should
have checked first....

							- Ted