Re: [PATCH] mm: fix maxnode for mbind(), set_mempolicy() and migrate_pages()

[David Hildenbrand]

> > In any case, we have to document that behavior that existed since the
> > very beginning. Because it would be even *worse* if someone would
> > develop against a new kernel and would get a bunch of bug reports when
> > running on literally every old kernel out there :)
> >
> > So my best guess is that long-term it will create more issues when we
> > change the behavior ... but in any case we have to update the man pages.
>
> No it would not, if you had the fix and did not modify applications
> that are smart about it then nothing would change. Applications that
> are smart will work the same on both patched and unpatched kernels
> while applications that have the bug will suddenly have the behaviour
> they would have expected from the documentation.

See my other mail, this seems to be the expected behavior since the very 
beginning.

So unless I am missing something important, the only thing to fix here 
is the documentation.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb