netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] fib_rules: rename FRA_PROTOCOL to FRA

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Message-Id: <20180321.111552.1322071853274264739.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:15:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] fib_rules: rename FRA_PROTOCOL to
 FRA_ORIGINATOR

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:00:09 -0600

> The rule->proto value is not used as a selector. It is passed in, stored
> on a rule and returned to userspace. It is book keeping only so an admin
> has some idea of which program installed the rule.

This is how I understand this value to work as well.