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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:26:34 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Lin Ma <linma@zju.edu.cn>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: net: add netlink attrs best practices
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:15:49 +0800 Lin Ma wrote:
> Provide some suggestions that who deal with Netlink code could follow
> (of course using the word "best-practices" may sound somewhat
> exaggerate).

I truly appreciate the effort, but I'm worried this will only confuse
developers. This document does not reflect the reality of writing new
netlink families at all. It's more of a historic perspective.