On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 09:59:30AM -0700, Rao Shoaib wrote: > > On 5/29/20 4:41 PM, David Miller wrote: > > From: rao.sho...@oracle.com > > Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 01:17:42 -0700 > > > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rds.h b/include/uapi/linux/rds.h > > > index cba368e55863..7273c681e6c1 100644 > > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/rds.h > > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/rds.h > > > @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ > > > /* supported values for SO_RDS_TRANSPORT */ > > > #define RDS_TRANS_IB 0 > > > -#define RDS_TRANS_IWARP 1 > > > +#define RDS_TRANS_GAP 1 > > > #define RDS_TRANS_TCP 2 > > > #define RDS_TRANS_COUNT 3 > > > #define RDS_TRANS_NONE (~0) > > You can't break user facing UAPI like this, sorry. > > I was hoping that this could be considered an exception as IWARP has been > deprecated for almost a decade and there is no current product using it. > With the change any old binary will continue to work, a new compilation fill > fail so that the code can be examined, otherwise we will never be able to > reuse this number. > > If the above is not acceptable I can revert this part of the change.
Nothing prohibits you from adding the following lines: + /* don't use RDS_TRANS_IWARP - it is deprecated */ + #define RDS_TRANS_GAP RDS_TRANS_IWARP > > Shoaib >
