>> (Note that while the patch contains changes to common code, those >> should be no-ops for all targets that do not implement the new hook.) > > I'll defer the decision to the target maintainers.
I'd rather have this consistent across all maintained release branches today than to leave this for an ABI break in 4.8 timeframe. In addition I'd like this documented in changes.html for each of the release branches. Thanks, Ramana