linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] docs: staging: add netlink attrs best practices

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Message-ID: <7cf8fc98.1012f6.189d7e5c45a.Coremail.linma@zju.edu.cn>
Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 09:25:06 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From:   "Lin Ma" <linma@....edu.cn>
To:     "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     corbet@....net, void@...ifault.com, jani.nikula@...el.com,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] docs: staging: add netlink attrs best practices

Hello Jakub,

> Oh, you put quite some effort into this!
> 
> I have a hard time coming up with reasonable review comments, because
> while the doc is informative and pretty correct, it focuses on what's
> legacy use of netlink at this point. People writing new code will only
> get confuse with this information :(

Oops, my bad, I will somewhat adjust the content structure, or just claim
to just concern legacy use for simplicity and avoid confusion.

> 
> Modern families are all generic netlink, and validation is taken care
> of in the core :(
> 

OK, you are right.

> If you post a v2 please make sure to CC netdev@

I see. It appears that the issue is due to an SMTP error., will watch
out this.

Regards
Lin