Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] ibacm: Add support for pathrecord query through netlink

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 08:16:41PM +0000, Weiny, Ira wrote:
> > For instance if we add SL it would be mandatory, but policy information like
> > requesting net_device would be optional.
> 
> Why would SL be mandatory?

If the kernel asks for a specific SL then user space must respect that
and return a path with that exact SL.

If userspace does not know how to do that, then it must not answer the
query. It cannot ignore the SL requirement and return a random SL.

Hypothetically, assuming we add SL..

Jason
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