netdev - Re: [patch net-next] devlink: fix port dump cmd type

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:20:38 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] devlink: fix port dump cmd type

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:13:43 +0000 Simon Horman wrote:
> > Fix it by filling cmd with value DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_NEW.
> > 
> > Skimmed through devlink userspace implementations, none of them cares
> > about this cmd value. Only ynl, for which, this is actually a fix, as it
> > expects doit and dumpit ops rsp_value to be the same.  
> 
> I guess that in theory unknown implementations could exist.
> But, ok :)

I'd also prefer Fixes tag + net. YNL is user space, even if current YNL
specs don't trigger it (I'm speculating that that's why you feel it's
not a fix) someone may end up using YNL + YAML from 6.9 and expect it
to work on 6.6 LTS.
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