Re: [iproute2 net-next v2 0/3] ip netconf improvements

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 17:07:31 -0400
David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:

> On 3/23/17 10:51 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> > Currently, ip netconf only shows data for ipv4 and ipv6 for dumps
> > and just ipv4 for device requests. Improve the user experience by
> > using the new kernel patch to dump all address families that have
> > registered. For example, if mpls_router module is loaded then mpls
> > values are displayed along with ipv4 and ipv6.
> > 
> > If the new feature is not supported (new iproute2 on older kernel)
> > the kernel returns the nlmsg error EOPNOTSUPP which can be trapped
> > and fallback to existing behavior.
> > 
> > v2
> > - fixed index conversion in patch 3 per nicholas' comment
> > 
> > David Ahern (3):
> >   netlink: Add flag to suppress print of nlmsg error
> >   ip netconf: Show all address families by default in dumps
> >   ip netconf: show all families on dev request
> > 
> >  include/libnetlink.h |  1 +
> >  ip/ipnetconf.c       | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  lib/libnetlink.c     |  3 ++-
> >  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >   
> 
> Hi Stephen: any comments? are you ok with this change?

I was holding off until all the upstream commits went through. Other than
that fine.