netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rds-tcp: Add module parameters to control sndbuf/rcvbuf size of RDS-TCP socket

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Message-Id: <20160314.145908.253635091290932699.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	tom@...bertland.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rds-tcp: Add module parameters to control
 sndbuf/rcvbuf size of RDS-TCP socket

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:06:42 -0400

> However, it would still be nice to know exactly what distribution
> issues come out of modparam.

Module parameters mean unstable interfaces, and provide inconsistent
ways to do the same exact thing from driver to driver and protocol to
protocol.

Do not use them, ever.