netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: Move call_fib_rule_notifiers up in fib_nl

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Date:   Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:22:39 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, shm@...ulusnetworks.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, andy.roulin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: Move call_fib_rule_notifiers up in
 fib_nl_newrule

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 06:21:56PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> Move call_fib_rule_notifiers up in fib_nl_newrule to the point right
> before the rule is inserted into the list. At this point there are no
> more failure paths within the core rule code, so if the notifier
> does not fail then the rule will be inserted into the list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

BTW, this means we can now return an error from mlxsw instead of only
emitting an extack warning when an unsupported FIB rule is configured.
Will add that.