Re: [iproute2-next 0/2] devlink: remove dl_argv_parse_put

Jiri Pirko
2022-08-19T08:27:36Z

Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:15:19PM CEST, jacob.e.keller@intel.com wrote:
>This series removes the dl_argv_parse_put function which both parses the
>command line arguments and places them into the netlink header.
>
>This was originally sent as an RFC at
>https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220805234155.2878160-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com/
>
>Since there is some ongoing work around policy code being generated from
>YAML, I thought it best to wait on the devlink policy portion of this series
>for now.
>
>Jiri mentioned he wanted to base some work on top of this, so I am sending
>just the cleanup patches.
>
>The primary motivation for this is due to the fact that dl_argv_parse_put
>requires a netlink header, meaning a command must have already been
>prepared. This prevents addition of a different netlink command to get the
>policy data, and thus prevents us from using this variant while checking
>netlink policy.

Thanks Jacob!