netdev - Re: Information about SCTP patch

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Message-ID: <20140722080304.GB7011@fante.int.rhx>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:03:04 +0200
From:	Michele Baldessari <michele@...syn.org>
To:	kishan simha <ksimha123@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	prasad.padiyar@....com, sumit.11.kumar@....com
Subject: Re: Information about SCTP patch

Hi Kishan,

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 02:08:21PM +0530, kishan simha wrote:
> We are trying to integrate this patch to a little older kernel 2.6.34.13.

This is trivial as we've done so for RHEL 6.5 already.

> Additionally we are planning to give a proc file interface to display the stats.
> 
> I came across a review comment for your patch, where the proc solution
> was rejected.
> 
> Can you provide some information on why the solution was rejected ?

It was preferred to do it via an API extension, similar to how
Solaris does it. And, I believe, the /proc interface for these kind of
things is discouraged.

regards,
Michele
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