netdev - Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: allow userspace to create address with IFLA_F

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Message-Id: <20131028.201204.981076031206439685.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:12:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dcbw@...hat.com
Cc:	hannes@...essinduktion.org, jiri@...nulli.us, vyasevich@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, thaller@...hat.com,
	stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: allow userspace to create address with
 IFLA_F_TEMPORARY flag

From: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:23:03 -0500

> Except that we've run out of IFA_F_* flags already, since it's a u8 and
> there are already 8 flags.  What to do?

That's not a problem, just add a new netlink attribute "extended
flags" that can be passed in with address netlink messages.
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