Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:02:24 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] netlink: align attributes when needed (patchset #3) | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:06:10 +0200
> The last user of nla_put_u64() is block/drbd. This module does not use > standard netlink API (see all the stuff in include/linux/genl_magic_struct.h > and include/linux/genl_magic_func.h).
Yet another example where doing things in a special unique way creates headaches and pain for everyone... sigh.
> I didn't modify it because it's seems hard to do it whithout testing > and fully understanding the context (for example, why > include/linux/drbd_genl.h is not part of uapi?). Any thoughts?
I think you'll need to work with the drbd maintainer(s) to resolve this and test the result.
Series applied, thanks.
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