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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:17:46 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: nhorman@...driver.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: Update netlink protocol to include netlink attribute header in alert message From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:05:48 -0400 > When I initially implemented this protocol, I disregarded the use of netlink > attribute headers, thinking for my purposes they weren't needed. I've come to > find out that, as I'm starting to work with sending down messages with > associated data (like config messages), the kernel code spits out warnings about > trailing data in a netlink skb that doesn't have an associated header on it. As > such, I'm going to start including attribute headers in my netlink transaction, > and so for completeness, I should likely include them on messages bound from the > kernel to user space. This patch adds that header to the kernel, and bumps the > protocol version accordingly > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks Neil. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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