netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: Add the helper kernel_sock

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Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:33:03 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@...eleye.com>,
	Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@...cle.com>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	David S Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Add the helper kernel_sock_shutdown()


On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 12:22 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:
> 
> > take a SHUT_RD/SHUT_WR/SHUT_RDWR argument instead of the
> 
> Hmmm...  Why SHUT_*?  Why not SHUTDOWN_*?

SHUT_RD/SHUT_WR/SHUT_RDWR are the traditional names for these constants
(see 'man 3 shutdown') and so should be easier to remember. I didn't
however feel comfortable naming the function kernel_shutdown() or
shutdown(), since those have other connotations, hence
kernel_sock_shutdown().

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