netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/25 v2] rdma/cm: define native IB address

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Message-ID: <CAL1RGDV-oYkNwQQUkAuUEHTH=HbmLk6Kv7JRnJ3XxN1DMNzLNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:34:17 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <roland@...estorage.com>
To:	"Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"linux-rdma (linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org)" 
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/25 v2] rdma/cm: define native IB address

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Hefty, Sean <sean.hefty@...el.com> wrote:
>> > --- a/include/linux/socket.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/socket.h
>> > @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct ucred {
>> >  #define AF_PPPOX       24      /* PPPoX sockets                */
>> >  #define AF_WANPIPE     25      /* Wanpipe API Sockets */
>> >  #define AF_LLC         26      /* Linux LLC                    */
>> > +#define AF_IB          27      /* Native InfiniBand address    */
>> >  #define AF_CAN         29      /* Controller Area Network      */
>> >  #define AF_TIPC                30      /* TIPC sockets                 */
>> >  #define AF_BLUETOOTH   31      /* Bluetooth sockets            */
>> > @@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ struct ucred {
>> >  #define PF_PPPOX       AF_PPPOX
>> >  #define PF_WANPIPE     AF_WANPIPE
>> >  #define PF_LLC         AF_LLC
>> > +#define PF_IB          AF_IB
>> >  #define PF_CAN         AF_CAN
>> >  #define PF_TIPC                AF_TIPC
>> >  #define PF_BLUETOOTH   AF_BLUETOOTH
>>
>> Has this been run by the networking community?  Are they OK with this
>> assignment?
>
> I did copy netdev on the original submissions, but I don't remember any explicit ack or nack.

David, any feeling yay or nay about adding these?

Is the kernel the final arbiter of AF_xxx / PF_xxx assignments, or
is there anything else we have to worry about?

Thanks,
  Roland
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