netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net, neigh: Extend neigh->flags to 32 bit to allow for extensions

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Date:   Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:46:16 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, roopa@...dia.com, dsahern@...nel.org,
        m@...bda.lt, john.fastabend@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net, neigh: Extend neigh->flags to 32 bit
 to allow for extensions

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:12:37 +0200 Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> +		if (ext & ~0) {
> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid extended flags");
> +			goto out;
> +		}

Could you also follow up and use NLA_POLICY_MASK() instead of
validating in the code? It's probably less important for non-genl
but still a good best practice.