netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

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Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2018 16:43:26 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

On Tue,  3 Apr 2018 10:28:42 +0300
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> 
> The check if netlink attributes supplied more than maximum supported
> is to strict and may lead to backward compatibility issues with old
> application with a newer kernel that supports new attribute.
> 
> CC: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
> Fixes: 74bd75c2b68d ("rdma: Add basic infrastructure for RDMA tool")
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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