Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: Add a struct net parameter to sock_create_kern

2015-05-12 Thread David Miller
From: David Laight Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:24:11 + > Changing the function prototype will a PITA for anyone doing back-ports of > fixes. > (And more so for anyone trying to get a driver to build against kernels > that might have this change back-ported.) As someone who actually does such

Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: Add a struct net parameter to sock_create_kern

2015-05-12 Thread Nicolas Dichtel
Le 12/05/2015 13:48, David Laight a écrit : From: Eric W. Biederman Sent: 12 May 2015 09:55 On May 12, 2015 3:24:11 AM CDT, David Laight wrote: ... Wouldn't it involve far less churn to add a new function that uses a non-default namespace? The goal is comprehensible and maintainable kernel