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

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:39:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] fib_rules: rename FRA_PROTOCOL to
 FRA_ORIGINATOR

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:04:53 +0100

> As the comment said, this attribute defines the originator of the rule,
> it's not really a (network) protocol.
> Let's rename it accordingly to avoid confusion (difference between
> FRA_PROTOCOL and FRA_IP_PROTO was not obvious).
> 
> CC: Donald Sharp <sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> ---
> 
> FRA_PROTOCOL exists only in net-next for now, thus it's still possible to
> rename it.

I think by renaming this, and thus losing the connection with how the
term "protocol" is used in our other routing and rule interfaces and
datastructures, this will be creating more confusion than it will be
fixing.

So I won't be applying this.

Thanks.