netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: unify tcp flag macros

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Message-Id: <20100612.141715.220059291.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:17:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiaosuo@...il.com
Cc:	jengelh@...ozas.de, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: unify tcp flag macros

From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:21:09 +0800

> The same macros are definied by BSDs too. So I think it is better to
> keep them the same.

That is an absolutely meaningless argument.

This is a "net/*.h" header, not something in "linux/*.h"
that application in userspace might want access to.

It's entirely private to the kernel, therefore we do what
makes the most sense (from a cleanliness and namespace
perspective) rather than "what other people do."
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