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Date:   Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:43:40 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     fw@...len.de
Cc:     mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        mptcp@...ts.01.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [MPTCP] Re: [PATCH net-next v7 02/11] sock: Make sk_protocol a
 16-bit value

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 22:25:28 +0100

> If you think such a size increase is ok I could give that solution a shot
> and see what other problems with 8bit sk_protocol might remain.
> 
> Mat reported /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace lists mptcp sockets as
> IPPROTO_TCP in the '8 bit sk_protocol' case, but if thats the only issue
> this might have a smaller/acceptable "avoidance fix".

Ok I'll apply the current series as-is with the 16-bit sk_protocol.  Let's
see how this goes in practice.

Thanks for explaining.