Bug#818087: Blacklist/whitelist kernel module ABI symbols in advance

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Ben,

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 01:47:34PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Currently we attempt to maintain the kernel module ABI within each
> stable release, and try to avoid ABI bumps within unstable other than
> for new upstream releases.
> 
> Sometimes we decide that an ABI change can be ignored (i.e. we allow it
> to change withut bumping the ABI number) because it is not intended for
> use by out-of-tree modules, only for specific modules built from the
> kernel.  However we do this reactively, rather than in advance.
> 
> We could serve out-of-tree module users and packagers better if we
> implemented a blacklist or whitelist of unstable symbols and made
> modpost warn when they are used.

I think we can close this bug now (as we will not have to maintain ABI
reference)?

if you agree, please do so.

Regards,
Salvatore