From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4006C433FF for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:25:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFEAA2084F for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:25:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726865AbfHOBZ3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:25:29 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:35104 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726496AbfHOBZ2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:25:28 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 032B01551DD81; Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:25:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20190814.212525.326606319186601317.davem@davemloft.net> To: gerd.rausch@oracle.com Cc: santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com, dledford@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1c6d1f04-96d5-94e5-3140-d3da194e14f3@oracle.com> References: <53a6feaf-b48e-aadf-1bd7-4c82ddc36d1e@oracle.com> <20190814.143141.178107876214573923.davem@davemloft.net> <1c6d1f04-96d5-94e5-3140-d3da194e14f3@oracle.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-rdma-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org From: Gerd Rausch Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:45:21 -0700 > a) It is utterly inappropriate to have Oracle applications > rely on a /proc/sys API that was kept out of Upstream-Linux > for this long Yes. > > b) It is utterly inappropriate to include such a /proc/sys API > that Oracle applications have depended on this late Also yes.