netdev - Re: [PATCH net] l2tp: define SOL

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Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] l2tp: define SOL_PPPOL2TP in uapi

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:52:35 +0200

> Userspace needs SOL_PPPOL2TP to be defined for using PPPOL2TP_SO_*
> socket options.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>

We really can't do this, there is no precedence for defining the SOL_*
values in the kernel headers, it needs to come from the libc headers just
like the other SOL_* values do for applications.

Thank you.