On 7/27/20 1:47 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:21:17 -0700
Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
- + nla_total_size(1) /* IFLA_PROTO_DOWN */
+ + rtnl_proto_down_size(dev) /* proto down */
Changing the size of a netlink field is an ABI change in the kernel.
This has the potential to break existing programs.
Wouldn't it be safer to add a new link attribute for the reason
rather than overloading the existing attribute?
yes, It does add a new attribute. Its just that I moved all protodown
attribute handling to a separate function
