git: 3412900333e6 - main - UPDATING: Document the removal of DIOCGETSTATESNV

Kristof Provost kp at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jul 30 12:24:06 UTC 2021


The branch main has been updated by kp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3412900333e659124f61ada6389ef40dd0f3ddd4

commit 3412900333e659124f61ada6389ef40dd0f3ddd4
Author:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-07-14 13:51:36 +0000
Commit:     Kristof Provost <kp at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-07-30 12:23:40 +0000

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

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index d109cb1594a5..e8be8cd6165e 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 14.x IS SLOW:
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+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.
+
 20210729:
 	As of commit 01ad0c007964 if_bridge member interfaces can no longer
 	change their MTU. Changing the MTU of the bridge itself will change the


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