netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] docs: networking: packet_mmap: don't mention PACKET

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Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:28:54 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@...mni.uv.es>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] docs: networking: packet_mmap: don't mention PACKET_MMAP

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 2:48 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:51:17 +0200 Baruch Siach wrote:
> > Before commit 889b8f964f2f ("packet: Kill CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP.") there
> > used to be a CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP config symbol that depended on
> > CONFIG_PACKET. The text still refers to PACKET_MMAP as the name of this
> > feature, implying that it can be disabled. Another naming variant is
> > "Packet MMAP".
> >
> > Use "PACKET mmap()" everywhere to unify the terminology. Rephrase the
> > text the implied mmap() feature disable option.
>
> Should we maybe say AF_PACKET mmap() ?

I don't think that the feature name PACKET_MMAP implies
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP, or thus that the name is obsolete now that the
latter is.

If it needs a rename, the setsockopt is PACKET_[RT]X_RING. So, if this
needs updating, perhaps PACKET_RING would be suitable. Or TPACKET,
based on the version definitions.