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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:15:56 -0700 From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> To: Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>, Brian Baboch <brian.baboch@...irst.fr> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "rtnetlink: return EINVAL when request cannot succeed" On 4/19/22 05:51, Florent Fourcot wrote: > This reverts commit b6177d3240a4 > > ip-link command is testing kernel capability by sending a RTM_NEWLINK > request, without any argument. It accepts everything in reply, except > EOPNOTSUPP and EINVAL (functions iplink_have_newlink / accept_msg) > > So we must keep compatiblity here, invalid empty message should not > return EINVAL > > Signed-off-by: Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> Thanks for fixing this issue.
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