Re: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

2018-04-04 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 10:28:42 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote: > From: Leon Romanovsky > > The check if netlink attributes supplied more than maximum supported > is to strict and may lead to backward compatibility issues with old > application with a newer kernel that supports new attribute. > > CC

Re: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

2018-04-03 Thread Leon Romanovsky
..@vger.kernel.org>; David Ahern ; Steve Wise > > > > Subject: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes > > > > From: Leon Romanovsky > > > > The check if netlink attributes supplied more than maximum supported > > is to strict and m

RE: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

2018-04-03 Thread Steve Wise
> -Original Message- > From: Leon Romanovsky > Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 2:29 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: Leon Romanovsky ; netdev > ; RDMA mailing list r...@vger.kernel.org>; David Ahern ; Steve Wise > > Subject: [PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore

[PATCH iproute2 rdma: Ignore unknown netlink attributes

2018-04-03 Thread Leon Romanovsky
From: Leon Romanovsky The check if netlink attributes supplied more than maximum supported is to strict and may lead to backward compatibility issues with old application with a newer kernel that supports new attribute. CC: Steve Wise Fixes: 74bd75c2b68d ("rdma: Add basic infrastructure for RDM