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by extraduder_ire 823 days ago
Linux did break adobe flash when it used memmove like memcopy after fixing a kernel bug. Can't think of any other examples though.
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AFAIR it was glibc change and Linux kernel had nothing to do with it.
memmove and memcpy don't use a syscall, that would be very inefficient. How would a kernel fix change the behavior?
Well, everyone breaks Adobe Flash... that's the whispered exception at the end of the rule: "don't break userspace and then blame the user (unless that user is Adobe Flash... F--- Adobe Flash)" ;P.