netdev - Re: networking/ip-sysctl.txt: SRR or SSRR

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Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 21:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: networking/ip-sysctl.txt: SRR or SSRR

On Tue, 10 May 2016, David Miller wrote:
> Every single variable name and function name dealing with this IP
> option uses "srr", therefore I don't think we should adjust the
> documentation either.
> 
> "srr" covers both the loose source route option and the strict source
> route option.

Now that I know where the 2nd "r" comes from, the "srr" makes sense. So 
yeah, SRR it is. Maybe a hint to the correct RFC would help, but if nobody 
else complained yet, I guess it's not really worth the commit.

Thanks,
Christian.
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