Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753582AbbDGS7u (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:59:50 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:58571 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752688AbbDGS7r (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:59:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:59:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20150407.145944.1195581092246069241.davem@davemloft.net> To: sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chien.yen@oracle.com, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, agrover@redhat.com, clm@fb.com, zab@zabbo.net, ajaykumar.hotchandani@oracle.com, sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 6.6 on Emacs 24.4 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 918 Lines: 22 From: Sowmini Varadhan Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 08:45:44 -0400 > Although RDS has an official PF_RDS value now, existing software > expects to look for rds sysctls to determine it. We need to maintain > these for now, for backwards compatibility. > > Original patch by Andy Grover > > Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan > Cc: Ajaykumar Hotchandani If these never existed before, this is a feature patch and is not appropriate for 'net'. If they did exist before and were mistakenly removed, you need to provide a proper "Fixes: " tag showing what commit introduced the problem. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/