netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: netlink: clarify the historical baggage of Netlink flags

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:21:06 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: netlink: clarify the historical baggage of
 Netlink flags

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:23:06 -0700 you wrote:
> nlmsg_flags are full of historical baggage, inconsistencies and
> strangeness. Try to document it more thoroughly. Explain the meaning
> of the ECHO flag (and while at it clarify the comment in the uAPI).
> Handwave a little about the NEW request flags and how they make
> sense on the surface but cater to really old paradigm before commands
> were a thing.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] docs: netlink: clarify the historical baggage of Netlink flags
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5493a2ad0d20

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