netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] netlink: add support for ext

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:13:14 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] netlink: add support for ext_ack missing
 attributes

On Wed, 2022-08-24 at 10:09 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>  and you don't need GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK() at all,
> you just pass NULL to the second argument of NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK().
> 

However, given that it takes fewer arguments since we can use the info
pointer, it might still be worthwhile having it, but at least it'd
collapse down to a direct call to NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK().

johannes