netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] if_link: Add PORT_REQUEST

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Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:16:15 -0800
From:	roprabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] if_link: Add PORT_REQUEST_MAX




On 3/9/11 12:49 PM, "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:34:31 -0800
> 
>> From: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
>> 
>> This patch adds __PORT_REQUEST_MAX to port request enumeration. And defines
>> PORT_REQUEST_MAX.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Wang <dwang2@...co.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>
> 
> Why?
> 
> If some new request types get added, this max value will increase and
> we don't want that to happen for things exposed to userspace.
> 
> Userspace should really not depend upon how many requests there are.

O ok. Did not know the reason why its was not there. Point taken. Pls
ignore. Thanks. 


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