netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] genetlink: Add per family bind/unbind callbacks

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Message-ID: <ZcsyOsALeuPEwk0T@nanopsycho>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:11:22 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] genetlink: Add per family bind/unbind callbacks

Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 05:16:13PM CET, stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com wrote:
>Add genetlink family bind()/unbind() callbacks when adding/removing
>multicast group to/from netlink client socket via setsockopt() or
>bind() syscall.
>
>They can be used to track if consumers of netlink multicast messages
>emerge or disappear. Thus, a client implementing callbacks, can now
>send events only when there are active consumers, preventing unnecessary
>work when none exist.
>
>Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
>Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>