netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/9] netlink: strict attribute checking option

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Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 01:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jbenc@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tgraf@...g.ch
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/9] netlink: strict attribute checking
 option

From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:39:45 +0200

> I'm targeting net-next only and don't intend to bring this to older
> kernels. The patchset is designed in the way that it's possible to
> detect that the kernel does not support strict attribute checking. When
> this is detected, the tools will just assume that lwtunnel support is
> not there.

No, it's definitely not OK, because lwtunnel support exists in
Linus's tree.

And tools should be able to work on all kernels where lwtunnel support
is available.
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