netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: nexthop: Add NHA_OP

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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:03:45 +0100
From: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, David Ahern
	<dsahern@...nel.org>, <mlxsw@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: nexthop: Add NHA_OP_FLAGS


Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:58:24 +0100 Petr Machata wrote:
>> Um, so as I said, I mostly figured let's use bitfield because of the
>> validation. I really like how it's all part of the policy and there's no
>> explicit checking code. So I'd keep it as it is.
>
> FWIW the same validation is possible for bare unsigned types with
> NLA_POLICY_MASK().

Awesome, that's what I need.