From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF9FC43603 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 05:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F061C2070B for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 05:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725954AbfLUFTG (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:19:06 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:56868 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725773AbfLUFTF (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:19:05 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:1c3::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6F8D7153CA10D; Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:19:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:19:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20191220.211905.1068223395536470966.davem@davemloft.net> To: john.rutherford@dektech.com.au Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [net-next] tipc: make legacy address flag readable over netlink From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20191219050357.22583-1-john.rutherford@dektech.com.au> References: <20191219050357.22583-1-john.rutherford@dektech.com.au> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:19:05 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: john.rutherford@dektech.com.au Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:03:57 +1100 > From: John Rutherford > > To enable iproute2/tipc to generate backwards compatible > printouts and validate command parameters for nodes using a > node address, it needs to be able to read the legacy > address flag from the kernel. The legacy address flag records > the way in which the node identity was originally specified. > > The legacy address flag is requested by the netlink message > TIPC_NL_ADDR_LEGACY_GET. If the flag is set the attribute > TIPC_NLA_NET_ADDR_LEGACY is set in the return message. > > Signed-off-by: John Rutherford > Acked-by: Jon Maloy Applied.