netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] rtnetlink: Support fine-grained netdevice bulk deletion

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Message-ID: <21da13fb-e629-0d6e-1aa1-56e2eb86d1c3@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:30:16 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Lahav Schlesinger <lschlesinger@...venets.com>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] rtnetlink: Support fine-grained netdevice
 bulk deletion

On 11/29/21 6:53 AM, Lahav Schlesinger wrote:
> Hi David, while I also don't have any strong preference here, my
> reasoning for failing the whole request if one device can't be deleted
> was so it will share the behaviour we currently have with group deletion.
> If you're okay with this asymmetry I'll send a V4.

good point - new features should be consistent with existing code.

You can add another attribute to the request to say 'Skip devices that
can not be deleted'.