From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/14] packet: introduce AF_PACKET V4 userspace API Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:44:07 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <20171116.104407.141002935068271606.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20171031124145.9667-1-bjorn.topel@gmail.com> <20171031124145.9667-2-bjorn.topel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bjorn.topel@gmail.com, magnus.karlsson@intel.com, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, alexander.duyck@gmail.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, ast@fb.com, brouer@redhat.com, michael.lundkvist@ericsson.com, ravineet.singh@ericsson.com, daniel@iogearbox.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bjorn.topel@intel.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, anjali.singhai@intel.com, rami.rosen@intel.com, jeffrey.b.shaw@intel.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, qi.z.zhang@intel.com To: loke.chetan@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:37866 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754587AbdKPBoO (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:44:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: chet l Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:34:32 -0800 > I have not reviewed the entire patchset but I think if we could add a > version_hdr and then unionize the fields, it might be easier to add > SVM support without having to spin v5. I could be wrong though. Please, NO VERSION FIELDS! Design things properly from the start rather than using a crutch of being able to "adjust things later".