linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] docs: net: add netlink attrs best practices

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Message-ID: <20230811152634.271608c5@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:26:34 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
Cc:     corbet@....net, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, rdunlap@...radead.org, void@...ifault.com,
        jani.nikula@...el.com, horms@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: net: add netlink attrs best practices

On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:15:49 +0800 Lin Ma wrote:
> Provide some suggestions that who deal with Netlink code could follow
> (of course using the word "best-practices" may sound somewhat
> exaggerate).

I truly appreciate the effort, but I'm worried this will only confuse
developers. This document does not reflect the reality of writing new
netlink families at all. It's more of a historic perspective.