not sure if this is what the op referred but like this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41450347

didn't find threads that regarding "clarify APIs semantics", but kernel docs are indeed not in a very good condition. Since C does not provide same level of soundness that Rust does, there are many hidden traps.

asahi developer had a good discuss about this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1829852697107055047.html

This overall situation is, yes. And the stuff from Lina is related, thanks for also pointing that out.

I apologize, I am on my phone, so rather than curating links, check out https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu..., most of which are about this situation.