Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread David Miller
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 appl

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread Gerd Rausch
Hi David, On 14/08/2019 14.31, David Miller wrote: > From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:36:19 -0700 > >> On 8/14/19 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote: >>> From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com >>> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700 >>> Some of the application software

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread David Miller
From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:36:19 -0700 > On 8/14/19 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote: >> From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com >> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700 >> >>> Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up >>> using these proc ent

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread santosh . shilimkar
On 8/14/19 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote: From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700 Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up using these proc entries from downstream kernel. The newer lib/app using RDS don't use these. Unfortunately lo

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread David Miller
From: santosh.shilim...@oracle.com Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700 > Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up > using these proc entries from downstream kernel. The newer lib/app > using RDS don't use these. Unfortunately lot of customer still use > Oracle 9, 10

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread santosh . shilimkar
On 8/14/19 8:56 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: On Tue, 2019-08-13 at 11:20 -0700, Gerd Rausch wrote: From: Andy Grover Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:51 -0800 Although RDS has an official PF_RDS value now, existing software expects to look for rds sysctls to determine it. We need to maintain these f

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread Gerd Rausch
Hi Doug, On 14/08/2019 08.56, Doug Ledford wrote: > Good Lord...RDS was taken into the kernel in Feb of 2009, so over 10 > years ago. The patch to put PF_RDS/AF_RDS/SOL_RDS was taken into > include/linux/socket.h Feb 26, 2009. The RDS ports were allocated by > IANA on Feb 27 and May 20, 2009. A

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-14 Thread Doug Ledford
On Tue, 2019-08-13 at 11:20 -0700, Gerd Rausch wrote: > From: Andy Grover > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:51 -0800 > > Although RDS has an official PF_RDS value now, existing software > expects to look for rds sysctls to determine it. We need to maintain > these for now, for backwards compatibilit

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-13 Thread santosh . shilimkar
On 8/13/19 11:20 AM, Gerd Rausch wrote: From: Andy Grover Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:51 -0800 Although RDS has an official PF_RDS value now, existing software expects to look for rds sysctls to determine it. We need to maintain these for now, for backwards compatibility. Signed-off-by: Andy

[PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

2019-08-13 Thread Gerd Rausch
From: Andy Grover Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:51 -0800 Although RDS has an official PF_RDS value now, existing software expects to look for rds sysctls to determine it. We need to maintain these for now, for backwards compatibility. Signed-off-by: Andy Grover Signed-off-by: Gerd Rausch --- n