Re: kern/46602: rfc6056 sysctl names are odd

[yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

The following reply was made to PR kern/46602; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/46602: rfc6056 sysctl names are odd
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:34:48 +0000 (UTC)

 > The following reply was made to PR kern/46602; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 >      gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/46602: rfc6056 sysctl names are odd
 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:39:55 -0400
 > 
 >  On Jun 15,  7:25am, yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost (yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost) 
 > wrote:
 >  -- Subject: kern/46602: rfc6056 sysctl names are odd
 >  
 >  |   -current has the following sysctl mibs.
 >  | 
 >  |           net.inet.udp.rfc6056.available
 >  |           net.inet.udp.rfc6056.selected
 >  |           net.inet6.udp6.rfc6056.available
 >  |           net.inet6.udp6.rfc6056.selected
 >  | 
 >  |   they seems odd because
 >  | 
 >  |           1. they are not udp-specific and inconsist with
 >  |              a precedent (net.inet.ip.anonportmin)
 >  | 
 >  |           2. using the rfc number as a sysctl name is not appropriate.
 >  |              eg. what happens if we add another algorithm?
 >  |              something like "portselect" is a better name.
 >  | 
 >  |   UDP_RFC6056ALGO socket option has the same problems.
 >  
 >  Please suggest new names and I'll change them.
 >  
 >  christos
 
 how about:
        net.inet.ip.anonportsel.available
        net.inet.ip.anonportsel.selected
        net.inet6.ip6.anonportsel.available
        net.inet6.ip6.anonportsel.selected
 
        IP_PORTSEL (IPPROTO_IP-level sockopt, along IP_PORTRANGE)
 
 YAMAMOTOTakashi