netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-rc 1/2] rdma: Fix core dump when pretty is used

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Message-ID: <17a2c694-2c48-46dc-b028-68793a31a984@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 12:29:58 -0700
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
 Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc: Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang@...wei.com>,
 Junxian Huang <huangjunxian6@...ilicon.com>, jgg@...pe.ca,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-rc 1/2] rdma: Fix core dump when pretty is used

On 1/2/24 12:17 PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>
>> Part of the problem is the meaning of pretty mode is different in rdma
>> than all of the other commands. The meaning of the flags should be the
>> same across ip, devlink, tc, and rdma; therefore pretty should mean
>> nothing unless json is enabled.
> 
> I was very inspired by devlink when wrote rdmatool. It is supposed to
> behave the same. :)

You need better inspirations :-)

It was a mistake to merge devlink source code into iproute2 without a
commitment to bring it inline with other iproute2 commands.