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On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 06:02:59PM -0800, John Moon wrote:
> One part of maintaining backwards compatibility with older
> userspace programs is avoiding changes to module parameters.

Really?  I don't think module parameters are a UAPI in the traditional
sense.  Now if you break a heavily used one you got to fix it, but
applying strict stability guarantees on module options which are not
availble to normal users or even normal programs doesn't make a whole
lot of sense.