netdev - Re: [PATCH 04/14] Phonet: PF_PHONET protocol family support

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Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:48:56 +0300
From:	"Rémi Denis-Courmont" 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
To:	"ext Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] Phonet: PF_PHONET protocol family support


	Hello,

On Tuesday 16 September 2008 19:17:47 ext Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, you wrote:
> > +/* Protocols in Phonet protocol family. */
> > +struct phonet_protocol {
> > +	struct proto		*prot;
> > +	int			sock_type;
> > +};
>
> Without looking in detail, first reaction is: don't we have sk_type in
> struct sock? Can't it be used or what you would have in
> ponet_protocol->sock_type be mapped to it?

I would need to have the socket type into struct proto, not in struct sock.
Other families have this "problem" as well (at least inet...).

However, I assume some transport protocols support more than one socket types, 
such that it is not possible to add a socket type to struct proto, right?

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
Maemo Software, Nokia Devices R&D
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