netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: introduce IFF_PROTO

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Message-Id: <20150320.163154.1895376895384654433.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:31:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexei.starovoitov@...il.com
Cc:	anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com,
	wkok@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:13:56 -0700

> Both reasons look like workaround for user space issues.
> Just keep this fake-down state in userspace.

+1

> so there will be new flag for every application that cannot deal with
> normal down?

+1 +1 +1
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