netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: uapi: use hex numbers for NLM_F

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Date:   Sat, 08 Apr 2017 08:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: uapi: use hex numbers for NLM_F_* flags

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Thu,  6 Apr 2017 16:10:42 +0200

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> It's rather confusing that the netlink message flags are
> numbered 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, <unused>, 0x100. Make that
> more understandable by numbering the lower ones with hex
> constants as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

This is fine, applied, thanks.