netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/9] netlink: strict attribute checking option

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Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:07:12 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/9] netlink: strict attribute checking option

Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> writes:

> Before using this new facility, the application should check whether it is
> supported by the kernel. This is done by sending a NLMSG_NOOP message with
> NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_STRICT | NLM_F_ACK flags set. If the returned message
> has NLM_F_STRICT set, the kernel does support NLM_F_STRICT flag; otherwise,
> the flag should not be used.

Do you plan to update rfc3549, too? :}

Bye,
Hannes
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