Re: [tipc-discussion] [net-next] tipc: make legacy address flag readable over netlink

[David M. <da...@da...>]

From: joh...@de...
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:03:57 +1100

> From: John Rutherford <joh...@de...>
> 
> To enable iproute2/tipc to generate backwards compatible
> printouts and validate command parameters for nodes using a
> <z.c.n> node address, it needs to be able to read the legacy
> address flag from the kernel.  The legacy address flag records
> the way in which the node identity was originally specified.
> 
> The legacy address flag is requested by the netlink message
> TIPC_NL_ADDR_LEGACY_GET.  If the flag is set the attribute
> TIPC_NLA_NET_ADDR_LEGACY is set in the return message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Rutherford <joh...@de...>
> Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon...@er...>

Applied.