On Friday, 4 January 2019 02.57.26 CET Linus Lüssing wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 02:58:41PM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
> > index 8e3a1b6e..32762003 100644
> > --- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
> > +++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
> > @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
> >  	[BATADV_ATTR_GW_SEL_CLASS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
> >  	[BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
> >  	[BATADV_ATTR_LOG_LEVEL]			= { .type = NLA_U32 },
> > +	[BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MODE]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
> >  };
> 
> Since the name is more generic than just a flag, would it make
> sense to make this a U32, just to stay flexible for the future?
> 
> (I don't have any specific ideas or plans to use more
> values for it right now, though)

Please discuss this with Jiro because he told us to use u8.

Kind regards,
	Sven