git: 987a238d6eaa - stable/12 - UPDATING: Document the removal of DIOCGETSTATESNV

Kristof Provost kp at FreeBSD.org
Fri Aug 6 21:50:53 UTC 2021


The branch stable/12 has been updated by kp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=987a238d6eaaeb0d11c163135e4e1b4617153d2c

commit 987a238d6eaaeb0d11c163135e4e1b4617153d2c
Author:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-07-14 13:51:36 +0000
Commit:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-08-06 07:12:48 +0000

    UPDATING: Document the removal of DIOCGETSTATESNV
    
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
    
    (cherry picked from commit 3412900333e659124f61ada6389ef40dd0f3ddd4)
---
 UPDATING | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index dcde1cb75903..88a610e4705c 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and WITH_GCC to bootstrap to
 the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
 from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
 
+20210730:
+	Commit b69019c14cd8 removes pf's DIOCGETSTATESNV ioctl.
+	As of be70c7a50d32 it is no longer used by userspace, but it does mean
+	users may not be able to enumerate pf states if they update the kernel
+	past c021ff986e2b without first updating userspace past be70c7a50d32.
+
 20210715:
 	The 20210707 awk update brought in a change in behavior. This has
 	been corrected as of d4d252c49976. Between these dates, if you


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