netdev - Re: [PATCH] include listenq max/backlog in tcp_info and related reports

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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:26:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rick.jones2@...com
Cc:	jheffner@....edu, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include listenq max/backlog in tcp_info and related
 reports - correct version/signorder

From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:12 -0700

> Different fields for different structures.   The tcp_info struct doesn't 
> have the idiag_mumble, so to get the two values shown in /proc/net/tcp I 
> use tcpi_unacked and tcpi_sacked.
> 
> For the INET_DIAG_INFO stuff the idiag_mumble fields are used and that 
> then covers ss.

I want to reiterate what has been stated earlier in reply to this
patch in that we shouldn't be modifying /proc/net/tcp* at all,
any change can break some application parsing the strings it
spits out.

Therefore only the inet_diag thing can have the fields added
in a backward compatible manner.

Actually, this is why I initially deleted this patch from my inbox
without applying it, I didn't see you remove the procfs code
based upon the feedback you got stating that was necessary.
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