netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] diag: warn about missing first netlink attribute

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:36:24 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] diag: warn about missing first netlink attribute

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:31:05 +0100

> The first netlink attribute (value 0) must always be defined as none/unspec.
> This is correctly done in inet_diag.h, but other diag interfaces are wrong.
> 
> Because we cannot change an existing API, I add a comment to point the mistake
> and avoid to propagate it in a new diag API in the future.
> 
> CC: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> ---
> 
> v2: just warn about the missing attribute
> 
> If patch is approved, I will submit it when the net-next tree opens.

Indeed we can't change it, and documenting it like this is also a good
idea.

I hope Thomas agrees.
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