netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: add nl_set_extack_cookie

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Date:   Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:45:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add nl_set_extack_cookie_u64()

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:48:13 +0200

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> Add a helper function nl_set_extack_cookie_u64() to use a u64 as
> the netlink extended ACK cookie, to avoid having to open-code it
> in any users of the cookie.
> 
> A u64 should be sufficient for most subsystems though we allow
> for up to 20 bytes right now. This also matches the cookies in
> nl80211 where I intend to use this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Feel free to merge this in your wireless tree since the first
user will be there.

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>