netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] [NETLINK]: Ignore control messages directly in netlink_run

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Message-ID: <20070321115956.GS521@postel.suug.ch>
Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:59:56 +0100
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] [NETLINK]: Ignore control messages directly in netlink_run_queue()

* Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch> 2007-03-21 12:45
> * Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> 2007-03-21 05:44
> > This looks like it would break nfnetlink, which appears to be
> > using 0 as smallest message type.
> 
> It shouldn't do that, the first 16 message types are reserved
> for control messages.

Alright, even though nfnetlink is wrong and buggy we can't break
it at this point.

Dave, please ignore this last patch for now.
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