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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dmitry.tarnyaginuug.ch@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] netlink: fix wrong use of the flag NLM_F_MULTI

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:33:47 +0200

> The first three patches fix a wrong use of this flag.
> 
> Because it's not the first time that this kind of bug happens, it could be
> good to find something to help people.
> 
> The only idea that I have is in the last patch. It's just an example, if
> people agrees on it, I will update all users and submit it formally.
> Any better idea is welcomed.

I've applied this series.

The only thing with patch #4 is that we have to make sure everyone
initializes all fields.  It would be nice if there were a way to
sort-of enforce that.

Even just having a static inline initializer helper func might be
enough, like I added for nf_hook_info.
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