Re: [PATCH 2/7] NetLabel: core network changes

[Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>]

* paul.moore@hp.com <paul.moore@hp.com> 2006-07-17 11:52
> + * NetLabel makes use of the Generic NETLINK mechanism as a transport layer to
> + * send messages between kernel and user space.  The general format of a
> + * NetLabel message is shown below:
> + *
> + *  +-----------------+-------------------+--------- --- -- -
> + *  | struct nlmsghdr | struct genlmsghdr | payload
> + *  +-----------------+-------------------+--------- --- -- -
> + *
> + * The 'nlmsghdr' and 'genlmsghdr' structs should be dealt with like normal.
> + * The payload is dependent on the subsystem specified in the
> + * 'nlmsghdr->nlmsg_type' and should be defined below, supporting functions
> + * should be defined in the corresponding net/netlabel/netlabel_<subsys>.h|c
> + * file.  All of the fields in the NetLabel payload should be aligned using
> + * the alignment functions provided.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +/*
> + * NetLabel NETLINK protocol
> + */
> +

Is there a reason for not using any of the existing netlink and
genetlink interfaces in any of your patches? It's all duplicated
code.