netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: include NLM_F_APPEND flag in append route notifications

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:37:23 -0700
From:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: include NLM_F_APPEND flag in append
 route notifications

On 6/17/15, 11:30 AM, Scott Feldman wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Roopa Prabhu
> <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>>
>> This patch adds NLM_F_APPEND flag to struct nlmsg_hdr->nlmsg_flags
>> in newroute notifications if the route add was an append.
>> (This is similar to how NLM_F_REPLACE is already part of new
>> route replace notifications today)
>>
>> This helps userspace determine if the route add operation was
>> an append.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>> ---
>> v2: flip if condition around append and change |= to =
>> (feedback from Alexander Duyck and Scott Feldman)
> Is this a bug fix for net, or a new feature for net-next?  Regardless,
>
> Acked-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
I could not decide between net and net-next.
....but the patch applies cleanly against net if Dave decides to pick it 
up for net.
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