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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 2/3] ip link: Drop cache entry on name
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:06:50 -0800
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On Mon,  7 Jan 2019 14:55:51 -0800
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> wrote:

> +int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req, char **type,
> +		 bool *name_change);

Not a real fan of adding another by reference return value flag.
It makes the logic flow more complex.

Is there another way? Caching in general is dicey anyway.