netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] netlink: specify netlink packet direction for nlmon

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Date:	Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:50:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	darkjames-ws@...kjames.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] netlink: specify netlink packet
 direction for nlmon

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 18:54:31 +0100

> We could entirely remove it as it was e.g. proposed in 2008 [1]
> already if you see any value in that. Eventually it's up to Dave and
> if he likes, I'll be happy to send a patch that removes this define.

Removing user visible defines can break source builds, for example
someone building string tables or auto-generating things to facilitate
accessing these values from languages other than C.

It's harmless, since nobody semantically expects anything of it, but
we have to keep it around.
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