netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: include NLM_F_APPEND flag in append route notifications

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:30:22 -0700
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: include NLM_F_APPEND flag in append
 route notifications

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Roopa Prabhu
<roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> This patch adds NLM_F_APPEND flag to struct nlmsg_hdr->nlmsg_flags
> in newroute notifications if the route add was an append.
> (This is similar to how NLM_F_REPLACE is already part of new
> route replace notifications today)
>
> This helps userspace determine if the route add operation was
> an append.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
> v2: flip if condition around append and change |= to =
> (feedback from Alexander Duyck and Scott Feldman)

Is this a bug fix for net, or a new feature for net-next?  Regardless,

Acked-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
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