linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2 0/3] net/smc: move some definitions to UAPI

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Message-Id: <20190924.165240.1617972512581218831.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:52:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     esyr@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ubraun@...ux.ibm.com, kgraul@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/3] net/smc: move some definitions to UAPI

From: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:41:47 +0200

> As of now, it's a bit difficult to use SMC protocol, as significant part
> of definitions related to it are defined in private headers and are not
> part of UAPI. The following commits move some definitions to UAPI,
> making them readily available to the user space.
> 
> Changes since v1[1]:
>  * Patch "provide fallback diagnostic codes in UAPI" is updated
>    in accordance with the updated set of diagnostic codes.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/7/177

Isn't it way too late for this?

These definitions will now be duplicates for userland code that
defines the values on their own.