Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] bridge: mcast: Centralize netlink attribute parsing

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On 06/12/2022 12:58, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Netlink attributes are currently passed deep in the MDB creation call
> chain, making it difficult to add new attributes. In addition, some
> validity checks are performed under the multicast lock although they can
> be performed before it is ever acquired.
> 
> As a first step towards solving these issues, parse the RTM_{NEW,DEL}MDB
> messages into a configuration structure, relieving other functions from
> the need to handle raw netlink attributes.
> 
> Subsequent patches will convert the MDB code to use this configuration
> structure.
> 
> This is consistent with how other rtnetlink objects are handled, such as
> routes and nexthops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2:
>     * Remove 'skb' argument from br_mdb_config_init()
>     * Mark 'nlh' argument as 'const'.
> 

Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>





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