netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] net: rtnetlink: Don't export empty RTAX

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:09:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     phil@....cc
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: rtnetlink: Don't export empty
 RTAX_FEATURES

From: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:14:31 +0200

> Since the features bit field has bits for internal only use as well, it
> may happen that the kernel exports RTAX_FEATURES attribute with zero
> value which is pointless.
> 
> Fix this by making sure the attribute is added only if the exported
> value is non-zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

Applied.