Comment by saagarjha
2 years ago
Generally, if you're patching the kernel you should coordinate with upstream if you care about your ABI.
2 years ago
Generally, if you're patching the kernel you should coordinate with upstream if you care about your ABI.
I don’t think anyone is asking Linus for permission to backport security fixes to their own kernels… that’s ridiculous.
If your security fix alters the ABI it is almost always the case that this is done