diff -u: What's New in Kernel Development

Posted by bob on Mar 7, 2016 5:12 PM EDT
Linux Journal; By Zack Brown
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Sometimes it's necessary to change function semantics inside the kernel, and then find and update all users of that function to match the new semantics. Such changes can result in huge patches going into the source tree, affecting hundreds of files.

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