Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next v4 05/12] net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag

2022-04-15 Thread David Ahern
On 4/13/22 6:21 AM, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >> If a buggy user space application is sending messages with NLM_F_BULK >> set (unintentionally), will it break on newer kernel? I couldn't find >> where the kernel was validating that reserved flags are not used (I >> suspect it doesn't). > >

Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next v4 05/12] net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag

2022-04-13 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 13/04/2022 15:06, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 01:51:55PM +0300, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >> Add a new rtnl flag (RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED) which is used to >> verify that the delete operation allows bulk object deletion. Also emit >> a warning if anyone tries to set it

Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next v4 05/12] net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag

2022-04-13 Thread Ido Schimmel
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 01:51:55PM +0300, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > Add a new rtnl flag (RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED) which is used to > verify that the delete operation allows bulk object deletion. Also emit > a warning if anyone tries to set it for non-delete kind. > > Suggested-by: David

[Bridge] [PATCH net-next v4 05/12] net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag

2022-04-13 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
Add a new rtnl flag (RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED) which is used to verify that the delete operation allows bulk object deletion. Also emit a warning if anyone tries to set it for non-delete kind. Suggested-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov --- v4: new patch