netdev - [PATCH iproute2] l2tp: no need to export session offsets in JSON output

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Date:   Thu, 5 Apr 2018 19:24:17 +0200
From:   Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2] l2tp: no need to export session offsets in JSON
 output

The offset and peer_offset parameters are only printed to avoid
confusing external scripts that may parse "ip l2tp show session"
output. There's no reason to keep them in JSON.

Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
---
 ip/ipl2tp.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ip/ipl2tp.c b/ip/ipl2tp.c
index 427e0249..05e96387 100644
--- a/ip/ipl2tp.c
+++ b/ip/ipl2tp.c
@@ -306,8 +306,9 @@ static void print_session(struct l2tp_data *data)
 		print_string(PRINT_FP, NULL, "%s", _SL_);
 	}
 
-	print_uint(PRINT_ANY, "offset", "  offset %u,", 0);
-	print_uint(PRINT_ANY, "peer_offset", " peer offset %u\n", 0);
+	/* Show offsets only for plain console output (for legacy scripts) */
+	print_uint(PRINT_FP, "offset", "  offset %u,", 0);
+	print_uint(PRINT_FP, "peer_offset", " peer offset %u\n", 0);
 
 	if (p->cookie_len > 0)
 		print_cookie("cookie", "cookie",
-- 
2.17.0