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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unix_diag: use netlink attribute MAX convention
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:56:09 -0700
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:16:58 -0400 (EDT)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:38:58 -0700
> 
> > Use the standard convention to define the number of elements
> > in unix diag attribute. This fixes future problems like the fact
> > the last element (MEMINFO) is not parsed by current iproute2 ss command.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> 
> You can't change this, it's already out in the wild, and
> for 2 releases.
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> Just accept the 'ss' patch that was posted and you objected to,
> I'm not breaking userspace just so that you don't have to apply
> a userland patch you perceive as an unacceptable quirk.

It only changes a broken enum value used only by iproute2.
Do you expect the one utility to use it to have a workaround for
a broken initial version.