netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net] TCP_USER_TIMEOUT and tcp_keepalive should conform to RFC5482

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Date:   Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     codesoldier1@...il.com
Cc:     hkchu@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com, rao.shoaib@...cle.com,
        kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net] TCP_USER_TIMEOUT and tcp_keepalive should
 conform to RFC5482

From: Joe Smith <codesoldier1@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 17:20:32 -0700

> Making Linux conform to standards and behavior that is logical seems
> like a good enough reason.

That's an awesome attitude to have when we're implementing something
new and don't have the facility already.

But when we have something already the only important consideration is
not breaking existing apps which rely on that behavior.

That is much, much, more important than standards compliance.

If users are confused, just fix the documentation.