netdev - [iproute2-next v2 1/3] update <linux/devlink.h> UAPI header

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:14:49 -0700
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: [iproute2-next v2 1/3] update <linux/devlink.h> UAPI header

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/devlink.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index da0f1ba8f7a0..90f6cf97d308 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -576,6 +576,14 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_TYPE,		/* string */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_SUPPORTED_TYPES,	/* nested */
 
+	/* Before adding this attribute to a command, user space should check
+	 * the policy dump and verify the kernel recognizes the attribute.
+	 * Otherwise older kernels which do not recognize the attribute may
+	 * silently accept the unknown attribute while not actually performing
+	 * a dry run.
+	 */
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_DRY_RUN,			/* flag */
+
 	/* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */
 
 	__DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX,
-- 
2.36.1