Re: [PATCH] Reserve nfnetlink subsys ids.

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> A tiny patch to add nfnetlink subsys ids for nftables and ipset. :-)
> 
> Its usually frowned upon to reserve IDs that are not used yet.
> We can certainly coordinate so nftables and ipset won't clash
> unless we add a different subsystem (we actually did, OSF is
> new in nf-next-2.6.git). But is there a reason for adding the
> IPSET id at this time instead of waiting until we merge it?

I think that the problem is that Jozsef then would need to distribute a
patch for nfnetlink to add the new ipset subsystem. This would make
easier for him I think. Moreover, there's a compromise to merge it so,
why not include it?

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