netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 11/12] netlink: specs: rtnetlink: correct notify properties

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Message-ID: <m234e5iw7q.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:46:01 +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
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 11/12] netlink: specs: rtnetlink: correct
 notify properties

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

> The notify property should point at the object the notifications
> carry, usually the get object, not the cmd which triggers
> the notification:
>
>   notify:
>     description: Name of the command sharing the reply type with
>                  this notification.
>
> Not treating this as a fix, I think that only C codegen cares.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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