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From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: IFLA_INET6_[ICMP6]STATS
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:48:19 -0400
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On (09/10/15 08:43), roopa wrote:
> If you decide to use a flag, there is IFLA_EXT_MASK which is used to
> specify such filters from userspace today.
> 
> /* New extended info filters for IFLA_EXT_MASK */
> #define RTEXT_FILTER_VF         (1 << 0)
> #define RTEXT_FILTER_BRVLAN     (1 << 1)
> #define RTEXT_FILTER_BRVLAN_COMPRESSED  (1 << 2)

I was actually going to use a NLM_F* flag, which is what
I thought Dave as suggesting (seems a bit simpler
than IFLA_EXT_MASK). 

--Sowmini