Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v4] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass in vxlan

[Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@nikishkin.pw>]

Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> writes:

> On Thu, 18 May 2023 21:46:01 +0800
> Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@nikishkin.pw> wrote:
>
>> +	if (tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS]) {
>> +		__u8 localbypass = rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS]);
>> +
>> +		print_bool(PRINT_JSON, "localbypass", NULL, localbypass);
>> +		if (localbypass) {
>> +			print_string(PRINT_FP, NULL, "localbypass ", NULL);
>> +		} else {
>> +			print_string(PRINT_FP, NULL, "nolocalbypass ", NULL);
>> +		}
>> +	}
>
> You don't have to print anything if nolocalbypass.  Use presence as
> a boolean in JSON.
>
> I.e.
> 	if (tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS] &&
> 	   rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS])) {
> 		print_bool(PRINT_ANY, "localbypass", "localbypass", true);
> 	}
>
> That is what other options do.
> Follows the best practices for changes to existing programs: your
> new feature should look like all the others.

Sorry, I do not understand. I intended to do exactly that, and I copied
and adjusted for the option name the code currently used for the
"udpcsum" option. Which is exactly

		if (is_json_context()) {
			print_bool(PRINT_ANY, "udp_csum", NULL, udp_csum);
		} else {
			if (!udp_csum)
				fputs("no", f);
			fputs("udpcsum ", f);
		}
I just replaced that option name with [no]localbypass. Fairly
straightforward, prints noudpcsum or udpcsum. Later Andrea C

Then Andrea Claudi suggested that print_bool knows about the json
context itself, so the outer check is not needed, so I removed that.
But the "model option" I used (really the simplest one), does have
output both when set to true, and when set to false. I have neither an
opinion on this nor an understanding what is better for scripting. But I
do not understand the suggestion "do like the other options do", when
seemingly, other options do what I suggest in the first place.

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