Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] TCPCT API sockopt update to draft -03

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Wed Jan 12 2011 - 13:56:16 EST


On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:59:38 -0500
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
> index e64f4c6..c8f4017 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tcp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
> @@ -185,22 +185,37 @@ struct tcp_md5sig {
> #define TCP_COOKIE_PAIR_SIZE (2*TCP_COOKIE_MAX)
>
> /* Flags for both getsockopt and setsockopt */
> -#define TCP_COOKIE_IN_ALWAYS (1 << 0) /* Discard SYN without cookie */
> -#define TCP_COOKIE_OUT_NEVER (1 << 1) /* Prohibit outgoing cookies,
> +#define TCPCT_IN_ALWAYS (1 << 0) /* Discard SYN without cookie */
> +#define TCPCT_OUT_NEVER (1 << 1) /* Prohibit outgoing cookies,

You end up changing values in kernel userspace API in a way
that is incompatible with older applications. This is not acceptable.
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