netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] bridge: mcast: Centralize netlink attribute parsing

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 14:32:01 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, roopa@...dia.com, mlxsw@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] bridge: mcast: Centralize netlink
 attribute parsing

On 06/12/2022 12:58, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Netlink attributes are currently passed deep in the MDB creation call
> chain, making it difficult to add new attributes. In addition, some
> validity checks are performed under the multicast lock although they can
> be performed before it is ever acquired.
> 
> As a first step towards solving these issues, parse the RTM_{NEW,DEL}MDB
> messages into a configuration structure, relieving other functions from
> the need to handle raw netlink attributes.
> 
> Subsequent patches will convert the MDB code to use this configuration
> structure.
> 
> This is consistent with how other rtnetlink objects are handled, such as
> routes and nexthops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2:
>     * Remove 'skb' argument from br_mdb_config_init()
>     * Mark 'nlh' argument as 'const'.
> 

Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>