netdev - Re: [PATCH] net : fix adding same ip rule multiple times

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:42:06 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     ismail bouzaiene <ismailbouzaiene@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>, pabeni@...hat.com,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net : fix adding same ip rule multiple times

On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:50:15 +0100 ismail bouzaiene wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In case we try to add the same ip rule multiple times, the kernel will
> reject the addition using the call rule_exits().

This is not the correct way of posting a patch, please take a look at
this (second result on Google BTW):

http://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2017/05/16/submitting-your-first-patch-to-the-linux-kernel-and-responding-to-feedback/

Please also read:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
and
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html