netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: connector: implement cn_netlink

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Message-ID: <20120510113908.5b79c5f3@chocolatine.cbg.collabora.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 11:39:08 +0100
From:	Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@...labora.co.uk>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Vincent Sanders <vincent.sanders@...labora.co.uk>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo.moya@...labora.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: connector: implement cn_netlink_reply

On Thu, 10 May 2012 04:45:53 +0400,
Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net> wrote :

> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 01:20:48AM +0100, Ben Hutchings
> (bhutchings@...arflare.com) wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 15:37 +0100, Alban Crequy wrote:
> > > In a connector callback, it was not possible to reply to a
> > > message only to a sender. This patch implements
> > > cn_netlink_reply(). It uses the connector socket to send an
> > > unicast netlink message back to the sender.
> > [...]
> > 
> > We try to avoid adding functions with no users.  You'll need to
> > submit the code that's intended to use this as well.
> 
> I have no objection against this patch, but as correctly stated it is
> useless without users. Alban, what is the code you want this
> functionality to be used in? Do you plan to submit it? Can you submit
> this change in the patch with your code?

The code to use the feature is not yet ready for submission and we will
add this patch to the front of that submission in due course.

We are just being good community members and making each patch
available early. Thanks for your feedback on this patch. Please let
me know if I can add any reviewed-by.

Alban
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