netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/9] net: fib_rules: decouple address families from real address families

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Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:08:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kaber@...sh.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/9] net: fib_rules: decouple address families from
 real address families

From: kaber@...sh.net
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:37:09 +0200

> From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> 
> Decouple the address family values used for fib_rules from the real
> address families in socket.h. This allows to use fib_rules for
> code that is not a real address family without increasing AF_MAX/NPROTO.
> 
> Values up to 127 are reserved for real address families and map directly
> to the corresponding AF value, values starting from 128 are for other
> uses. rtnetlink is changed to invoke the AF_UNSPEC dumpit/doit handlers
> for these families.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

Ok.
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