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[2a01:cb00:21e:c000:2e23:edbe:c21b:e73]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-475dcff9101sm73757845e9.1.2025.10.27.09.10.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:10:24 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:10:24 +0100 Message-Id: Cc: From: "Robin Jarry" To: "Stephen Hemminger" Subject: Re: [PATCH dpdk 3/4] net/tap: use netlink if possible User-Agent: aerc/0.21.0-9-ga57e783008e9 References: <20251027153750.445275-6-rjarry@redhat.com> <20251027153750.445275-9-rjarry@redhat.com> <20251027090642.13524bf2@phoenix> In-Reply-To: <20251027090642.13524bf2@phoenix> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: rLXUpHWkHwLVEv46m-0t75Psv5RoOVlDKxSmJZvNEM0_1761581426 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Stephen Hemminger, Oct 27, 2025 at 17:06: > Netlink has been available since linux 2.4! > Rather than having two code paths, only one of which gets tested, > better to commit to netlink and use it. > > Since dealing with netlink is a nuisance, I wonder if using > libmnl would be better. Yes, it creates new dependency but netlink > handling has been place with lots of Coverity overruns etc. I don't mind replacing ioctl with netlink calls but adding a libmnl dependency just for one driver seems overkill. --=20 Robin > Many suitcases look alike.