From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 2/3] TCPCT part 1b: sysctl_tcp_cookie_size, socket option TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS, functions
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:45:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AEEB842.1070705@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AEDDDF3.3070102@gmail.com>
Eric Dumazet wrote:
> William Allen Simpson a écrit :
>> These functions will also be used in subsequent patches that implement
>> additional features.
>>
>
> +#define TCP_EXTEND_TIMESTAMP (1 << 4) /* Initiate 64-bit timestamps */
>
> What is this for ?
>
Reserving a bit in the sockopt for a future feature (described in the
aforementioned end2end-interest email messages).
Certainly, reserving bits seems to be common elsewhere in Linux code. I'm
trying to coordinate this with the *BSD developers, too, so it helps to keep
API documentation synchronized. Is that a problem?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-02 10:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-27 12:11 [net-next-2.6 v4 0/4] TCPCT part1: cookie option exchange William Allen Simpson
2009-10-27 12:15 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 1/3] TCPCT part 1a: add request_values parameter for sending SYNACK William Allen Simpson
2009-11-01 19:13 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-10-27 12:18 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 2/3] TCPCT part 1b: sysctl_tcp_cookie_size, socket option TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS, functions William Allen Simpson
2009-11-01 19:13 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-11-02 10:45 ` William Allen Simpson [this message]
2009-11-02 10:51 ` David Miller
2009-11-02 17:54 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-27 12:29 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 3/3] TCPCT part 1c: initial SYN exchange with SYNACK data William Allen Simpson
2009-10-28 14:17 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-10-28 17:14 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-01 19:19 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-11-02 12:25 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-02 12:57 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2009-11-02 16:17 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-02 17:04 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-11-02 20:38 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-02 13:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-11-02 17:00 ` Joe Perches
2009-11-02 17:50 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-02 18:10 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-02 18:16 ` Joe Perches
2009-11-02 20:15 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-11-03 5:14 ` David Miller
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