netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] bridge: make flags sysfs interface a little bit more extensible

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Date:	Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:55:33 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] bridge: make flags sysfs interface a
 little bit more extensible

On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:52:46 -0400
Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> wrote:

> +
> +static int store_flag(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned long v,
> +		     unsigned long mask)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags = p->flags;
> +
> +	if (v)
> +		flags |= mask;
> +	else
> +		flags &= ~mask;
> +
> +	if (flags != p->flags) {
> +		p->flags = flags;
> +		br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}

I don't want to allow arbitrary flag stores (and shows).
It exposes kernel bits to user space and creates an unintended ABI.
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