Unless they actually use this functionality. Android kernels are very minimal, Nexus/Pixel don't use modules.
Understood. There are many paths to getting things into upstream and stabilization can be one of the costs.
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IMHO bugs due to entirely avoidable design errors (NIH) are simply irresponsible and bad engineering.
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As you know, the way to change upstream Linux kernel engineering practices is to participate directly :)
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pointless when stuff like __ro_after_init and now refcount_t can go in despite being bad engineering...
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I don't share your "bad engineering" opinion, and I think your involvement wouldn't be pointless at all.
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i did discuss those two (mis)features at the time to no avail. guess we just have different standards ;).
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