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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-09-28 00:23:06 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-09-30 04:39:39 +0300
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docs: netlink: clarify the historical baggage of Netlink flags
nlmsg_flags are full of historical baggage, inconsistencies and strangeness. Try to document it more thoroughly. Explain the meaning of the ECHO flag (and while at it clarify the comment in the uAPI). Handwave a little about the NEW request flags and how they make sense on the surface but cater to really old paradigm before commands were a thing. I will add more notes on how to make use of ECHO and discouragement for reuse of flags to the kernel-side documentation. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220927212306.823862-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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