netdev - Re: [PATCH] unix_diag: use netlink attribute MAX convention

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Message-Id: <20120425.141658.1934757959636497552.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:16:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	shanwei88@...il.com, xemul@...allels.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unix_diag: use netlink attribute MAX convention

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:38:58 -0700

> Use the standard convention to define the number of elements
> in unix diag attribute. This fixes future problems like the fact
> the last element (MEMINFO) is not parsed by current iproute2 ss command.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

You can't change this, it's already out in the wild, and
for 2 releases.

Sorry.

Just accept the 'ss' patch that was posted and you objected to,
I'm not breaking userspace just so that you don't have to apply
a userland patch you perceive as an unacceptable quirk.
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