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Message-ID: <3442deb7-df7d-4ee5-98f0-fa708838a93c@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 08:36:10 -0700 From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org> To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, mlxsw@...dia.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: nexthop: Add NHA_OP_FLAGS On 2/29/24 11:16 AM, Petr Machata wrote: > In order to add per-nexthop statistics, but still not increase netlink > message size for consumers that do not care about them, there needs to be a > toggle through which the user indicates their desire to get the statistics. > To that end, add a new attribute, NHA_OP_FLAGS. The idea is to be able to > use the attribute for carrying of arbitrary operation-specific flags, i.e. > not make it specific for get / dump. > > Add the new attribute to get and dump policies, but do not actually allow > any flags yet -- those will come later as the flags themselves are defined. > Add the necessary parsing code. > > Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com> > --- > > Notes: > v2: > - Change OP_FLAGS to u32, enforce through NLA_POLICY_MASK > > include/uapi/linux/nexthop.h | 3 +++ > net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
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