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From the tales of 'nobody expected the numbers would get so high':
"SUBLEVEL only has 8 bits of space, which means that we'll overflow it once it reaches 256" – which for #Linux #Kernel 4.4.x & 4.9.x is soon. Proposed fix, v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210118014951.250815-1-sashal@kernel.org/
v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210118195453.761623-1-sashal@kernel.org/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kernellogger/status/1351393481625915393
@LaF0rge Spread releases until .255 uniformly (or logarithmically diminishing or so) across the remaining timespan until projected EOL instead?