netdev - Re: [RFC 0/7] netlink: Add allocation flag to netlink

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:22:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	masashi.honma@...il.com
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Subject: Re: [RFC 0/7] netlink: Add allocation flag to netlink_unicast()

From: Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Jul 2016 09:28:29 +0900

> Though currently such a use case was not found, to solve potential
> issue we will add an allocation flag to netlink_unicast().

We don't solve potential issues, we solve real issues.

There is no reason to add the GFP parameter until it is actually
needed.