netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/1] binder: report txn errors via generic netlink

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Message-ID: <20241029071437.2381adea@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:14:37 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Li Li <dualli@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/1] binder: report txn errors via generic
 netlink

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:19:51 -0700 Li Li wrote:
> +			report.err = BR_ONEWAY_SPAM_SUSPECT;
> +			report.from_pid = proc->pid;
> +			report.from_tid = thread->pid;
> +			report.to_pid = target_proc ? target_proc->pid : 0;
> +			report.to_tid = target_thread ? target_thread->pid : 0;
> +			report.reply = reply;
> +			report.flags = tr->flags;
> +			report.code = tr->code;
> +			report.data_size = tr->data_size;
> +			binder_genl_send_report(context, &report, sizeof(report));

Could you break this struct apart into individual attributes?
Carrying binary structs in netlink has been done historically 
but we moved away from it. It undermines the ability to extend
the output and do automatic error checking.

BTW if you would like to keep using the uapi/linux/android directory
feel free to add this as the first patch of the series:
https://github.com/kuba-moo/linux/commit/73fde49060cd89714029ccee5d37dcc37b8291f6