netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mpls: Add support for netconf

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Message-ID: <9326b299-3969-7e0e-dba4-fae5682f0b24@brocade.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:01:38 +0000
From:   Robert Shearman <rshearma@...cade.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>, <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mpls: Add support for netconf

On 18/02/17 01:36, David Ahern wrote:
> Add netconf support to MPLS. Allows userpsace to learn and be notified
> of changes to 'input' enable setting per interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/netconf.h   |   1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h |   2 +
>  net/mpls/af_mpls.c             | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  net/mpls/internal.h            |   2 +-
>  4 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netconf.h b/include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
> index 45dfad509c4d..159d91c9c2a3 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum {
>  	NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
>  	NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH,
>  	NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN,
> +	NETCONFA_MPLS_INPUT_ENABLED,

How about removing "MPLS_" the name? That way it would be usable by 
other AFs too, e.g. for the disable_ipv6 sysctl. Perhaps "ENABLED" is 
redundant as well.

Thanks,
Rob