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SubjectRe: [Patch] sctp: remove deprecated SCTP_GET_*_OLD stuffs
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:58:34AM -0400, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
>
>
> Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:53:30PM -0400, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> >>> diff --git a/include/net/sctp/user.h b/include/net/sctp/user.h
> >>> index be2334a..0991f1b 100644
> >>> --- a/include/net/sctp/user.h
> >>> +++ b/include/net/sctp/user.h
> >>> @@ -131,14 +131,6 @@ enum sctp_optname {
> >>> #define SCTP_SOCKOPT_BINDX_REM SCTP_SOCKOPT_BINDX_REM
> >>> SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF, /* peel off association. */
> >>> #define SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF
> >>> - SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, /* Get number of peer addresss. */
> >>> -#define SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD
> >>> - SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, /* Get all peer addresss. */
> >>> -#define SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD
> >>> - SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, /* Get number of local addresss. */
> >>> -#define SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD
> >>> - SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD, /* Get all local addresss. */
> >>> -#define SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD
> >>> SCTP_SOCKOPT_CONNECTX_OLD, /* CONNECTX old requests. */
> >> After running the regression suite against this patch I find that we can't
> >> remove the enum values. Removing the enums changes the value for the remainder
> >> of the definitions and breaks binary compatibility for applications that use
> >> those trailing options.
> >>
> >> You should be ok with removing the #defines and actual code that uses them,
> >> but not the enums. You can even rename the enums, but we must preserve
> >> numeric ordering.
> >
> > If we really depend on the actual value of an enum as in this case,
> > then e should assign them direct to better document this.
> >
> > Sam
> >
>
> I agree. I have a patch that converts the enum to just a #define section that
> I'll apply on top of this removal patch and document the deletion.

If you keep the enum then you will have a have extras:
- a debugger will understand the symbols and display the correct value
- sparse may trigger a warning if you try to assign a non-valid value
(a value which is not included in the enum)

But that may not matter much in this case - just wanted to highligt it.

Sam


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