Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bonding: update Documentation for port/bond terminology

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 12:10:51 -0700

On Fri,  2 Oct 2020 13:40:00 -0400
Jarod Wilson <[email-masked]> wrote:

> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ ad_user_port_key
>  	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
>  	SysFs interface.
>  
> -all_slaves_active
> +all_ports_active

You can change internal variable names, comments, and documentation all you want, thats great.

But you can't change user API, that includes:
   * definitions in uapi header
   * module parameters
   * sysfs file names or outputs