netdev - Re: gre: minor cleanups in netlink interface

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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:18:20 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gre: minor cleanups in netlink interface

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:48PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
> Its actually also what defines the difference between using
> NLM_F_REPLACE (ip link replace) and no flags (ip link change).
> The former replaces the replaces the object, the later changes
> an existing object.

That wasn't the case historically.  For routing NLM_F_REPLACE
had a real meaning because you can have routes that differ only
by scope.  So if you considered routes that are otherwise the
same to be duplicate routes, then NLM_F_REPLACE tells you whether
you're allowed to create a new route or you must modify one
of the existing ones.  Of course completely duplicate routes
where everything is equal is not allowed.

Of course NLM_F_REPLACE has since been seconded for other purposes
so I suppose it can mean whatever you want for rtnl link :)

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