netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5] rtnetlink: add new RTM

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:48:28 +0200
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jhs@...atatu.com, tgraf@...g.ch, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
	egrumbach@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] rtnetlink: add new RTM_GETSTATS message to
 dump link stats

On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:32:20 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 2) Use the new attribute flag with some required attribute for
>    existing commands, so that older kernel will not find the required
>    attribute and will reject the operation entirely.
>    May or may not fall back to trying the operation again without the
>    flag.

This is basically what I submitted half a year ago. See:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/382850

 Jiri