netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next, v3 1/2] iproute2: expose netlink constants in UAPI

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Message-ID: <20241204082859.5da44d1e@hermes.local>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 08:28:59 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, David Ahern
 <dsahern@...nel.org>, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
 jimictw@...gle.com, prohr@...gle.com, liuhangbin@...il.com,
 nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Maciej
 Żenczykowski" <maze@...gle.com>, Lorenzo Colitti
 <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next, v3 1/2] iproute2: expose netlink
 constants in UAPI

On Wed,  4 Dec 2024 23:02:07 +0900
Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@...gle.com> wrote:

> This change adds the following multicast related netlink constants to
> the UAPI:
> 
> * RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR and RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR: Netlink multicast
>   groups for IPv4 and IPv6 multicast address changes.
> * RTM_NEWMULTICAST and RTM_DELMULTICAST: Netlink message types for
>   multicast address additions and deletions.
> 
> Exposing these constants in the UAPI enables ip monitor to effectively
> monitor and manage multicast group memberships.
> 
> Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@...gle.com>
> ---

This should get automatically picked up when David does header update.