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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann•org>
To: sjur.brandeland@stericsson•com
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, davem@davemloft•net,
	daniel.martensson@stericsson•com, kaber@trash•net,
	stefano.babic@babic•homelinux.org, randy.dunlap@oracle•com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 02/12] net-caif: add CAIF socket and configuration headers
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:15:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1267226115.18491.71.camel@violet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1267222417-2764-3-git-send-email-sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com>

Hi Sjur,

I think most issues have been resolved and this should be ready for
merging, but I am bit worried about the userspace API. Can we start a
bit smaller and extend it later? Especially the socket options worry me
a bit.

Dave, personally I would prefer if we can merge this without these
socket options. Since I am really missing the need for it.

> +/**
> + * enum caif_socket_opts - CAIF option values for getsockopt and setsockopt.
> + *
> + * @CAIFSO_LINK_SELECT:		Selector used if multiple CAIF Link layers are
> + *				available. Either a high bandwidth
> + *				link can be selected (CAIF_LINK_HIGH_BANDW) or
> + *				or a low latency link (CAIF_LINK_LOW_LATENCY).
> + *                              This option is of type u_int32_t.
> + *				Alternatively SO_BINDTODEVICE can be used.
> + *
> + * @CAIFSO_REQ_PARAM:		Used to set the request parameters for a
> + *				utility channel. (struct caif_param). This
> + *				option must be set before connecting.
> + *
> + * @CAIFSO_RSP_PARAM:		Gets the request parameters for a utility
> + *				channel. (struct caif_param). This option
> + *				is valid after a successful connect.

These two more look like a combination of setsockopt/getsockopt instead
of two socket options. Maybe it is leftover from a ioctl interface, but
socket options work differently.

Also the caif_param struct seems pointless. Socket options contain a
length parameter anyway. So why bother with a struct that is just a data
field and a length field.

> + * @CAIFSO_CHANNEL_ID:		Gets the channel id on a CAIF Channel.
> + *				This option is valid after a successful connect.
> + *				( u_int32_t)

Where is this used and what is it used for? Is this something that
shouldn't be better part of the sockaddr structure. Then you can use
getpeername for it?

> + * @CAIFSO_NEXT_PAKCET_LEN:	Gets the size of next received packet.
> + *				Value is 0 if no packet is available.
> + *				This option is valid after a successful connect.
> + *				( u_int32_t)

Typo. And why do we need this?

> + * @CAIFSO_MAX_PAKCET_LEN:	Gets the maximum packet size for this
> + *				connection. ( u_int32_t)

Isn't this more like SO_RCVBUF or SO_SNDBUF.

Regards

Marcel



  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-26 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-26 22:13 [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 00/12] net-caif: introducing CAIF protocol stack sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 01/12] net-caif: add CAIF protocol definitions sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13   ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 02/12] net-caif: add CAIF socket and configuration headers sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13     ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 03/12] net-caif: add CAIF core protocol stack header files sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13       ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 04/12] net-caif: add CAIF Link layer device " sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13         ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 05/12] net-caif: add CAIF core protocol stack sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13           ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 06/12] net-caif: add CAIF generic caif support functions sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13             ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 07/12] net-caif: add CAIF device registration functionality sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13               ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 08/12] net-caif: add CAIF socket implementation sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13                 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 09/12] net-caif: add CAIF netdevice sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13                   ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 10/12] net-caif: add CAIF Kconfig and Makefiles sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13                     ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 11/12] net-caif: add CAIF documentation sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 22:13                       ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 12/12] net-caif-driver: add CAIF serial driver (ldisc) sjur.brandeland
2010-02-26 23:17       ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 03/12] net-caif: add CAIF core protocol stack header files Marcel Holtmann
2010-02-26 23:15     ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2010-02-27 10:36       ` SV: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4 02/12] net-caif: add CAIF socket and configuration headers Sjur Brændeland
2010-02-27 22:58         ` Marcel Holtmann

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