netdev - Re: [PATCHv7 net-next 0/4] rtnetlink: Honour NLM_F_ECHO flag in rtnl

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Message-ID: <20221031174311.GD13089@pc-4.home>
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:43:11 +0100
From:   Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>,
        Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 net-next 0/4] rtnetlink: Honour NLM_F_ECHO flag in
 rtnl_{new, del}link

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 04:42:20AM -0400, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Netlink messages are used for communicating between user and kernel space.
> When user space configures the kernel with netlink messages, it can set the
> NLM_F_ECHO flag to request the kernel to send the applied configuration back
> to the caller. This allows user space to retrieve configuration information
> that are filled by the kernel (either because these parameters can only be
> set by the kernel or because user space let the kernel choose a default
> value).
> 
> The kernel has support this feature in some places like RTM_{NEW, DEL}ADDR,
> RTM_{NEW, DEL}ROUTE. This patch set handles NLM_F_ECHO flag and send link
> info back after rtnl_{new, del}link.

Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>

Thanks Hangbin!