netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] Initialize dev_id sysfs attribute to -1 by default

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Date:	Thu, 30 May 2013 15:38:46 +0200
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	<Narendra_K@...l.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Initialize dev_id sysfs attribute to -1 by default

<Narendra_K@...l.com> writes:

> From: Narendra K <narendra_k@...l.com>
>
> 'dev_id' sysfs attribute is initialized to zero by default.
> It is also zero based. This creates ambiguity in differentiating
> whether the driver set it to zero or it is the default value.
> Initialize 'dev_id' to -1 to make the scenario unambiguous.

I understand your concern, but I don't think you can do this.  It
changes the userspace API, and has some very visible side effects.

Please take a look at net/ipv6/addrconf.c


Bjørn
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