netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 5/5] bridge: fdb: Fix filtering with strict checking disabled

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Message-ID: <20190104134538.GA11955@splinter>
Date:   Fri, 4 Jan 2019 13:45:41 +0000
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 5/5] bridge: fdb: Fix filtering with strict
 checking disabled

On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 08:38:32PM -0800, David Ahern wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> Older kernels expect an ifinfomsg struct as the ancillary header, and
> after kernel commit bd961c9bc664 ("rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg
> header") can handle either ifinfomsg or ndmsg. Strict data checking only
> allows ndmsg.
> 
> Use the new RTNL_HANDLE_F_STRICT_CHK flag to know which header to send.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>

Thanks!