Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 04:13:25PM CET, kuba@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:10:06 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote: >> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 12:22:09 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> Why produce the empty nest if port is not set? >> > >> > Empty nest indicates that kernel supports this but there is no devlink >> > port associated. I see no other way to indicate this :/ >> >> Maybe it's time to plumb policies thru to classic netlink, instead of >> creating weird attribute constructs? > >Not a blocker, FWIW, just pointing out a better alternative. Or, even better, move RTnetlink to generic netlink. Really, there is no point to have it as non-generic netlink forever. We moved ethtool there, why not RTnetlink?
