netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/13] genetlink: load policy based on validation flags

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:49:32 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, jiri@...nulli.us, razor@...ckwall.org,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, gnault@...hat.com,
        jacob.e.keller@...el.com, fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/13] genetlink: load policy based on
 validation flags

On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:33:43 +0200 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Do you mean that we no longer populate op->maxattr / op->policy and
> > some op may be reading those? I don't see any family code looking at
> > info->op.policy / maxattr.
> > 
> > First thing genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() does is:
> > 
> > 	if (!ops->maxattr)
> > 		return NULL;
> > 
> > So whether we skip it or call it - no difference.
> >   
> 
> Oh. I missed that, ok, thanks for clearing that up!

I'll put this info in the commit message, as requested.