From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
To: Matt Muggeridge <Matt.Muggeridge@hpe.com>, idosch@idosch.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, horms@kernel.org,
kuba@kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net/ipv6: Netlink flag for new IPv6 Default Routes
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 11:59:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f4d16944-1b60-4824-8d63-fc2d5de1722c@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241106025056.11241-1-Matt.Muggeridge@hpe.com>
On 11/5/24 7:50 PM, Matt Muggeridge wrote:
> I'm a little surprised by this consideration. If we account for poorly
> written buggy user-programs, doesn't this open any API to an explosion
> of new attributes or other odd extensions? I'd imagine the same argument
yes, it does and there are many examples. UAPIs are hard to get right
yet persistent forever, so I do agree with Ido's push back on making
sure it is needed.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-06 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-05 3:18 [PATCH net 0/1] " Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-05 3:18 ` [PATCH net 1/1] " Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-05 14:37 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2024-11-06 1:44 ` Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-05 18:15 ` Ido Schimmel
2024-11-06 2:50 ` Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-06 12:37 ` Ido Schimmel
2024-11-07 3:53 ` Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-07 9:52 ` Ido Schimmel
2024-11-08 2:20 ` Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-14 20:42 ` Matt Muggeridge
2024-11-06 18:59 ` David Ahern [this message]
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