netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] netlink: specs: use exact-len for IPv6 addr

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:09:11 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] netlink: specs: use exact-len for IPv6
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:09 +0800 Hangbin Liu wrote:
> We should use the exact-len instead of min-len for IPv6 address.

It does make sense, but these families historically used min-len..
Not sure if it's worth changing this now or we risk regressions.