netdev - Re: IFLA_INET6

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Message-Id: <20150910.101303.1945782677465930122.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:13:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: IFLA_INET6_[ICMP6]STATS

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:48:19 -0400

> On (09/10/15 08:43), roopa wrote:
>> If you decide to use a flag, there is IFLA_EXT_MASK which is used to
>> specify such filters from userspace today.
>> 
>> /* New extended info filters for IFLA_EXT_MASK */
>> #define RTEXT_FILTER_VF         (1 << 0)
>> #define RTEXT_FILTER_BRVLAN     (1 << 1)
>> #define RTEXT_FILTER_BRVLAN_COMPRESSED  (1 << 2)
> 
> I was actually going to use a NLM_F* flag, which is what
> I thought Dave as suggesting (seems a bit simpler
> than IFLA_EXT_MASK). 

I don't think using such a generic netlink flag works best, the
IFLA_EXT_MASK is definitely more suitable.
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