netdev - Re: [RFC] netlink: netlink_ack send a capped message in case of error

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:56:37 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Christophe Ricard <christophe.ricard@...il.com>
Cc:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>, jbenc@...hat.com,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Christophe Ricard <christophe-h.ricard@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] netlink: netlink_ack send a capped message in case of error

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:08:22AM +0200, Christophe Ricard wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I think i understand the potential limitation of my solution.
> I saw something was proposed by Jiri Benc who pushed an additional flag to
> tell if the payload can be ignored in case of an error.
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/290976/
> 
> Do you think this one is acceptable ? I am not sure to understand David
> last comment.

I think David suggests something like the (completely untested)
attached patch.

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