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Message-ID: <20190107160650.16d956d0@hermes.lan>
Date:   Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:06:50 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 2/3] ip link: Drop cache entry on name
 changes

On Mon,  7 Jan 2019 14:55:51 -0800
David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org> wrote:

> +int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req, char **type,
> +		 bool *name_change);

Not a real fan of adding another by reference return value flag.
It makes the logic flow more complex.

Is there another way? Caching in general is dicey anyway.

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