netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/4] net netlink: Add new type NLA_FLAG

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Message-ID: <20170613053258.GA1877@nanopsycho>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 07:32:58 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        mrv@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/4] net netlink: Add new type NLA_FLAG_BITS

Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 09:58:33PM CEST, dsahern@...il.com wrote:
>On 6/12/17 1:22 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> 
>>> 3. IMO since these are nla prefixes and new NLA type they should be in
>>> uapi/linux/netlink.h
>> Including NLA_* type enum? I think it is reasonable.
>
>well, maybe not the NLA_BITFIELD. That enum is for policy validation
>kernel side so not really part of the API.

Yeah, now I see it. Agreed.