netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "rtnetlink: return EINVAL when request cannot succeed"

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:10:11 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        brian.baboch@...irst.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "rtnetlink: return EINVAL when request cannot
 succeed"

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:51:51 +0200 you 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
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] Revert "rtnetlink: return EINVAL when request cannot succeed"
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6f37c9f9dfbf

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