netdev - Re: [patch net-next rfc 3/7] net: rtnetlink: add commands to add and delete alternative ifnames

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Message-ID: <ddd05712-e8c7-3c08-11c7-9840f5b64226@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:24:38 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, sthemmin@...rosoft.com, dcbw@...hat.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch, parav@...lanox.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next rfc 3/7] net: rtnetlink: add commands to add and
 delete alternative ifnames

On 8/26/19 4:18 PM, David Miller wrote:
> I honestly think that the size of link dumps are out of hand as-is.

so you are suggesting new alternate names should not appear in kernel
generated RTM_NEWLINK messages - be it a link dump or a notification on
a change?