From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pf1-f169.google.com (mail-pf1-f169.google.com [209.85.210.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABDA51DFE0F; Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.210.169 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728395646; cv=none; b=km/pmVO9o4tIUbi0qGt9cyXrKchp8gpsPSOTTF25FUQzNle7vSA39/ak4ievCtcYJczQHJIEPCGEE+w+qES2qTgwAhL2UagxbeKtp5KSlum5F5bc5bszviczDPM3gBGo0AW1VhF8y0UVmsYisBXrvMRKiSm6IBZ8pBEIHsi02YY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728395646; c=relaxed/simple; bh=aaY+wIaEEkC9xHfCZFhVigmMZCz9c2xpl5FhmVqMai8=; h=MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject:To:Cc:Content-Type; b=JV47JrSAe1K+F7WjhkcinnIeNZLvMw1ZV1aNy417sEcgoPrCdcnxEw+zoxxcoDZgiyiL6Gf+dysOGkTffH/Il3hujwJKQWn6xbKI7ZIZ9bBtZfL+6ZUj3fkRxvMYqe1zYzIx+wEWnrky5Fwq73jmz6YLs3i4YKh6FO525NGqTMs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=B57gxDuv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.210.169 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="B57gxDuv" Received: by mail-pf1-f169.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-71e0cd1f3b6so1319233b3a.0; Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:54:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1728395644; x=1729000444; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=aaY+wIaEEkC9xHfCZFhVigmMZCz9c2xpl5FhmVqMai8=; b=B57gxDuv4aPPcgxqa6QLwHmqxklNplm7Sb/o1IoEnkf1wAYQOOCR13Wm+OefCnZ01A TIP7PI9t6+YLnk6Jg4rdUTM0fm5Iwz2+zdkG9wXcXFpkdqDRISVZnISwViYDyOcyyQKh xPYnqcZmQpHHfR9AfqYbVqwWFXMFoM2/nG+tdgoE8xTif2+PvKQV80jOvPmQzSk/BX01 Ic/HiX9UGF982hRZg6bisQtfVz/1jgDa5MKsOWdADBIFbhadnfp11AavWzUmHf1dNCF8 u4V1QdgAI4uOCqWVS8PoTFCkx/MN1Omh6utK3D336A4xbZgMGVRmyyod8jn6O0huQF/b lseQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1728395644; x=1729000444; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=aaY+wIaEEkC9xHfCZFhVigmMZCz9c2xpl5FhmVqMai8=; b=rKuw8A6alH2mPvtrpzjyvCGaAxv11kgZRB7iOVixeshzzqF8SoDtvn10UUC3+0RaYH V5ttKHb2oRk7/uTrWZWxrHeQVqoZUYO84JU1WSzgH3p/S0xULfOFcBrBdnHUUlTSx0Y4 dqcxoGHqUqKQq8/vd9vzuI/C1eS4OPlM2lpGvjorRhgL3C1+adj8LeGRmUBmfLLmUMvz oEuAW/9iLXlexNttjg3m7EYtRpHfOlYZeCL9b3sqjrwtvSe/on1oXeaeVnQYytxCt6U+ 4HqvKtlsLlyqZUDy0HZLIHmFJzvl6fhfBI9Xf4k51Ao5KHu1yQbYUPM/yRFC6uyempcF kMUQ== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCUGynItPwJNWV6hIISSPCck6fpmfkdb1VW28tLSOZxJIb485b6kZ1SiFqHjs54s7K3aAdtZkfP0W5LrPWI=@vger.kernel.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yxx7GVhoLbXBwDWTH5j2wenQ3+foM+SZ0F41besIhY/ydT30CyW A9EdxHnnVC14KdlfGnnvCpHKg4pxEjN40QrCB4I9ZUvPK4inFx46hN4LQ+W941mB3hvmuDHRMxR C2ITcnFiQtdWCLdTWgefhgZVJFlk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEF48iWWfah22/+IwUfbLh6mcogYteMnbU9jKCbOCBu+OSShZtUZfNBxWfDdFikULL4IyG3L3ZF/7fwoj81Iz4= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a20:2d22:b0:1d2:bc91:d49 with SMTP id adf61e73a8af0-1d6dfabadffmr23416866637.31.1728395643274; Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:54:03 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Haoyu Li Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:53:52 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: [net/netlink] Question about the function `genl_init` To: "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chenyuan0y@gmail.com, Zijie Zhao Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Linux developers of NETWORKING, We are curious about the function `genl_init` at https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11.2/source/net/netlink/genetlink.c#L1912. According to a history patch commit (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5559cea2d5aa3018a5f00dd2aca3427ba09b386b), it seems that pernet operations should be registered before registering the generic netlink family. So we wonder if the order of function calls in the `genl_init` should be adjusted. Do you think a patch is needed for this? Please kindly correct us if we missed any key information. Thanks! Best, Haoyu Li