netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netlink: reduce extack cookie size

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Message-Id: 
 <174771125074.1146050.1563363556948881268.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 03:20:50 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netlink: reduce extack cookie size

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri, 16 May 2025 13:59:27 +0200 you wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> Seems like the extack cookie hasn't found any users outside
> of wireless, which always uses nl_set_extack_cookie_u64().
> Thus, allocating 20 bytes for it is pointless, reduce that
> to 8 bytes, and add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to ensure it's enough
> (obviously it is, for a u64, but in case it changes again.)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: netlink: reduce extack cookie size
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a462903fa225

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