From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: allow userspace to create address with IFLA_F_TEMPORARY flag Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:12:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20131028.201204.981076031206439685.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20131028.171725.1076499130782328273.davem@davemloft.net> <1383002179.28991.14.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <1383002583.28991.19.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hannes@stressinduktion.org, jiri@resnulli.us, vyasevich@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net, thaller@redhat.com, stephen@networkplumber.org To: dcbw@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38891 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753546Ab3J2AMG (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:12:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1383002583.28991.19.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Dan Williams Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:23:03 -0500 > Except that we've run out of IFA_F_* flags already, since it's a u8 and > there are already 8 flags. What to do? That's not a problem, just add a new netlink attribute "extended flags" that can be passed in with address netlink messages.