netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] net: Add new protocol attribute to IP addresses

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:47:28 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jacques de Laval <Jacques.De.Laval@...termo.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] net: Add new protocol attribute to IP
 addresses

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:59:06 +0100 Jacques de Laval wrote:
> @@ -4626,6 +4631,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifa_ipv6_policy[IFA_MAX+1] = {
>  	[IFA_FLAGS]		= { .len = sizeof(u32) },
>  	[IFA_RT_PRIORITY]	= { .len = sizeof(u32) },
>  	[IFA_TARGET_NETNSID]	= { .type = NLA_S32 },
> +	[IFA_PROTO]             = { .len = sizeof(u8) },
>  };

Is there a reason this is not using type = NLA_U8?