[ovs-dev] [PATCH net] openvswitch: warn about missing first netlink attribute

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Thu Jun 8 19:57:33 UTC 2017


From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>
Date: Thu,  8 Jun 2017 10:37:45 +0200

> The first netlink attribute (value 0) must always be defined
> as none/unspec.
> 
> Because we cannot change an existing UAPI, I add a comment to point the
> mistake and avoid to propagate it in a new ovs API in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>

Ok, I agree, we don't want people cut-and-pasting this kind of thing
and hopefully this comment prevents that.

Applied, thanks.


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