netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 4/4] netfilter: nf_tables: add netlink description

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Message-ID: <20190426204758.GK26549@unicorn.suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:47:58 +0200
From:   Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 4/4] netfilter: nf_tables: add netlink description

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 09:14:43PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Yeah, ok. Each object you had is basically its own policy. I just
> *removed* having a separate policy for each command in generic netlink,
> as  ;-)

But that only affects genetlink users who let genetlink validate and
parse messages for them. Those validating/parsing the messages
themselves can still have different policy (and completely different set
of attributes) for each command.

Michal