From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: inbound connection problems when "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP composite" commit applied Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:05:03 -0500 Message-ID: <1295359503.2066.10.camel@mojatatu> References: <4D336050.9030602@netfilter.org> <20110118093811.GA7520@ff.dom.local> <20110118.020702.115924992.davem@davemloft.net> <20110118102437.GB7520@ff.dom.local> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , pablo@netfilter.org, arthur.marsh@internode.on.net, jengelh@medozas.de, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Jarek Poplawski Return-path: Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:65086 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750900Ab1AROFD (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:05:03 -0500 Received: by iyj18 with SMTP id 18so5718370iyj.19 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:05:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110118102437.GB7520@ff.dom.local> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 10:24 +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote: > Do you all expect all users manage to upgrade avahi app before > changing their stable kernel? I mean "own distro" users especially. Unfortunately if that app is widely deployed, it is not pragmatic to break it in the name of pedanticity. i.e. Be conservative in what you send (clearly Avahi is farting all over the place) but more importantly be a nice liberal in what you accept. Maybe tell them if you have the cycles about their bad behavior. The important part is the GET (kind = 2). The DUMP as Jarek says is merely a utility to extrapolate that we need you to get everything.. So it is not such a big deal if someone passes extraneous senseless flags. Wrong? yes. Jarek - For the record although i coauthored the doc, I was merely a messenger in putting together some artist painting. cheers, jamal