netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 1/2] rtnetlink: allow to register ops without ops->setup set

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@...ira.com, cwang@...pensource.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	david@...son.dropbear.id.au, sfeldma@...ulusnetworks.com,
	sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 1/2] rtnetlink: allow to register ops
 without ops->setup set

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:58:25 +0200

> So far, it is assumed that ops->setup is filled up. But there might be
> case that ops might make sense even without ->setup. In that case,
> forbid to newlink and dellink.
> 
> This allows to register simple rtnl link ops containing only ->kind.
> That allows consistent way of passing device kind (either device-kind or
> slave-kind) to userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

Applied.
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