netdev - Re: [PATCH net 5/8] netlink: specs: rt-link: add an attr layer around alt-ifname

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Message-ID: <m2plhcl8p5.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:08:54 +0100
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,  netdev@...r.kernel.org,  edumazet@...gle.com,
  pabeni@...hat.com,  andrew+netdev@...n.ch,  horms@...nel.org,
  daniel@...earbox.net,  sdf@...ichev.me,  jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 5/8] netlink: specs: rt-link: add an attr layer
 around alt-ifname

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

> alt-ifname attr is directly placed in requests (as an alternative
> to ifname) but in responses its wrapped up in IFLA_PROP_LIST
> and only there is may be multi-attr. See rtnl_fill_prop_list().
>
> Fixes: b2f63d904e72 ("doc/netlink: Add spec for rt link messages")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>