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Message-ID: <20231129071656.6de3f298@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:16:56 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, corbet@....net Subject: Re: [patch net-next] docs: netlink: add NLMSG_DONE message format for doit actions On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:46:15 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> In case NLMSG_DONE message is sent as a reply to doit action, multiple > >> kernel implementation do not send anything else than struct nlmsghdr. > >> Add this note to the Netlink intro documentation. > > > >You mean when the reply has F_MULTI set, correct? > > Well, that would be ideal. However, that flag is parallel to NLMSG_DONE. > I see that at least drivers/connector/connector.c does not set this flag > when sending NLMSG_DONE type. connector is a really bad example, the doc would have to say "some families use NLMSG_DONE as an actual message type which may have pretty much anything attached to it". It's not worth it, sorry. -- pw-bot: reject
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