From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sctp: introduce uapi header for sctp Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:21:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130409.132156.1556520014623362577.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1365522841-19549-1-git-send-email-dborkman@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@tuxdriver.com, vyasevich@gmail.com To: dborkman@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:36468 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933213Ab3DIRV6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:21:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1365522841-19549-1-git-send-email-dborkman@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Daniel Borkmann Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:54:01 +0200 > This patch introduces an UAPI header for the SCTP protocol, > so that we can facilitate the maintenance and development of > user land applications or libraries, in particular in terms > of header synchronization. > > To not break compatibility, some fragments from lksctp-tools' > netinet/sctp.h have been carefully included, while taking care > that neither kernel nor user land breaks, so both compile fine > with this change (for lksctp-tools I tested with the old > netinet/sctp.h header and with a newly adapted one that includes > the uapi sctp header). lksctp-tools smoke test run through > successfully as well in both cases. > > Suggested-by: Neil Horman > Cc: Neil Horman > Cc: Vlad Yasevich > Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann This looks great, applied, thanks Daniel.