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From: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/5] netlink: remove NLA_NESTED_COMPAT
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:56:17 +0200
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>> @@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ enum {
>>  	NLA_FLAG,
>>  	NLA_MSECS,
>>  	NLA_NESTED,
>> -	NLA_NESTED_COMPAT,
>>  	NLA_NUL_STRING,
>>  	NLA_BINARY,
>>  	NLA_S8,
>...
>
>Is it safe to remove an item from this emun ?

I believe it is, since it's not part of uapi. At least as long as you recompile all netlink policies afterwards.

johannes 
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