netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Virtual ethernet device driver

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Message-ID: <46963457.1000306@openvz.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:01:59 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Virtual ethernet device driver

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Pavel Emelianov wrote:
>> +	if (data != NULL && data[VETH_INFO_PEER] != NULL) {
>> +		err = nla_parse_nested(tb, IFLA_INFO_MAX,
>> +				data[VETH_INFO_PEER], ifla_policy);
>> +		if (err < 0)
>> +			return err;
>> +	}
> 
> 
> One more suggestion regarding the PEER attribute: you only nest
> IFLA attributes below it, but some information that might be
> interesting to use on device creation is contained in ifinfomsg
> (flags and ifindex). So I think it would be better to use a
> complete message, including header.

I don't get it. Can you elaborate, please.

Pavel
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