On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 11:40 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote: > On 17-04-21 11:20 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 11:12 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote: > >> On 17-04-21 09:12 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >>> Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:55:31PM CEST, j...@mojatatu.com wrote: > >>>> From: Jamal Hadi Salim <j...@mojatatu.com> > >> > > >> Jiri, there is a balance between extensibility and performance. > >> It is senseless to use a TLV just so i can set a 0/1(true/false). > > > > You assume that the (user space) did sensible things. > > > > If it didnt it is a bug. Seriously.
If the application runs fine on linux-4.0, it is our _duty_ [1] to allow it to run on linux-4.12. Particularly if we have very easy ways to do so. Like using new attributes instead of trying to 'reuse' some padding. Pretending the old compiler or old applications were buggy is absolutely irrelevant. That is not the point. [1] Ask Linus Torvalds about that if you really need to get a final arbitration.
