From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo-Cap9r6Oaw4JrovVCs/uTlw@public.gmane.org>
To: David Ahern <dsa-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>,
linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs-jkUAjuhPggJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
Jiri Benc <jbenc-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] netlink: extended ACK reporting
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:31:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170411173143.GA1899@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a68aa01-474c-7054-30c2-473ee1250abe-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 08:25:57AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 4/11/17 1:02 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-04-11 at 08:59 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> >> CAP_ACK means: trim off the payload that the netlink error message
> >> is embedding, just like ICMP error does.
> >>
> >> What is exactly your concern? If the user explicitly requests this
> >> via socket option for this socket, then we're expecting they do the
> >> right handling for what they're asking for.
> >
> > I think David's concern was that when you want to parse the ACK in a
> > library (or application), you may not easily know if the application
> > (or library) requested capping.
>
> exactly.
Then, the library needs to be extended to enable this handling to
modify the way it needs to handle errors, together with the
setsockopt().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-11 17:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-08 20:24 [PATCH v3 0/5] netlink extended ACK reporting Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <20170408202434.12018-1-johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-08 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] netlink: " Johannes Berg
2017-04-10 15:26 ` David Ahern
[not found] ` <fddba2c8-3b85-d5df-81c4-ef31c459e40c-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-10 15:30 ` Johannes Berg
2017-04-10 15:35 ` David Ahern
[not found] ` <029e6587-c0e8-bdb0-49e9-2abe2946a7ff-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-10 15:40 ` Johannes Berg
2017-04-10 18:38 ` Johannes Berg
2017-04-11 6:59 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2017-04-11 7:02 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1491894172.31620.2.camel-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-11 14:25 ` David Ahern
[not found] ` <9a68aa01-474c-7054-30c2-473ee1250abe-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-11 17:31 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2017-04-11 17:42 ` David Miller
2017-04-11 18:57 ` David Ahern
2017-04-11 19:05 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <20170411.150527.283014710949232666.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-11 19:12 ` David Ahern
2017-04-11 19:43 ` Johannes Berg
2017-04-08 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] genetlink: pass extended ACK report down Johannes Berg
2017-04-08 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] netlink: allow sending extended ACK with cookie on success Johannes Berg
2017-04-08 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions Johannes Berg
2017-04-08 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] netlink: pass extended ACK struct where available Johannes Berg
2017-04-10 11:20 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] netlink extended ACK reporting Johannes Berg
2017-04-10 11:38 ` Johannes Berg
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