netdev - Re: Question about /proc/net/netlink mystery

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2009 20:54:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	ramirose@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question about /proc/net/netlink mystery

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:51:03 +0100

> On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 22:22 +0300, Rami Rosen wrote:
>> So it seems that the title should be here different; it should represent
>> the protocol (since s->sk_protocol is assigned
>> the number of the protocol of the netlink socket ;
>> for example, NETLINK_ROUTE is 0, NETLINK_AUDIT is 9, and so on ; (see
>> include/linux/netfilter.h)
>> 
>> So shouldn't it be something like "Proto"?
> 
> Yes, but changing column names in /proc risks breaking the programs that
> read them.

Indeed, it's odd, but like others I don't think we can change it
at this point.
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