netdev - Re: [net PATCH] rtnetlink: Use nlmsg type RTM

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Date:	Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net PATCH] rtnetlink: Use nlmsg type RTM_NEWNEIGH from dflt
 fdb dump

From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:23:10 -0700

> Change the dflt fdb dump handler to use RTM_NEWNEIGH to
> be compatible with bridge dump routines.
> 
> The dump reply from the network driver handlers should
> match the reply from bridge handler. The fact they were
> not in the ixgbe case was effectively a bug. This patch
> resolves it.
> 
> Applications that were not checking the nlmsg type will
> continue to work. And now applications that do check
> the type will work as expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

Applied.
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