netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bridge: Do not send empty IFLA_AF

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:00:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...dia.com, razor@...ckwall.org,
        horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com, henrik.bjoernlund@...rochip.com,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, idosch@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bridge: Do not send empty IFLA_AF_SPEC attribute

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:12:36 +0900 you wrote:
> After commit b6c02ef54913 ("bridge: Netlink interface fix."),
> br_fill_ifinfo() started to send an empty IFLA_AF_SPEC attribute when a
> bridge vlan dump is requested but an interface does not have any vlans
> configured.
> 
> iproute2 ignores such an empty attribute since commit b262a9becbcb
> ("bridge: Fix output with empty vlan lists") but older iproute2 versions as
> well as other utilities have their output changed by the cited kernel
> commit, resulting in failed test cases. Regardless, emitting an empty
> attribute is pointless and inefficient.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] bridge: Do not send empty IFLA_AF_SPEC attribute
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9b134b1694ec

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