On 06/12/2022 12:58, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Netlink attributes are currently passed deep in the MDB creation call
> chain, making it difficult to add new attributes. In addition, some
> validity checks are performed under the multicast lock although they can
> be performed before it is ever acquired.
>
> As a first step towards solving these issues, parse the RTM_{NEW,DEL}MDB
> messages into a configuration structure, relieving other functions from
> the need to handle raw netlink attributes.
>
> Subsequent patches will convert the MDB code to use this configuration
> structure.
>
> This is consistent with how other rtnetlink objects are handled, such as
> routes and nexthops.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> v2:
> * Remove 'skb' argument from br_mdb_config_init()
> * Mark 'nlh' argument as 'const'.
>
Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email protected]>
