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diff -u: What's New in Kernel Development

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Linux Journal; By Zack Brown 		Mail this story
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Sometimes it's necessary to change function semantics inside the kernel, and then find and update all users of that function to match the new semantics. Such changes can result in huge patches going into the source tree, affecting hundreds of files.

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