[PATCH v2 0/4] Modernize Netlink code

Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen ast at 2e8.dk
Mon May 18 10:59:19 CEST 2026


These patches tweaks the netlink code, bringing it closer to
best practice.

Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast at 2e8.dk>
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v2:
  - Rework patch 4 to handle conflict with commit e3ee1a97f2c6
    ("Bridge: Linux bridge interface - preliminary support")
v1: https://trubka.network.cz/pipermail/bird-users/2026-February/018618.html

Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen (4):
  Netlink: Enable strict checking on nl_req
  Netlink: Skip request payload in acknowledgements
  Netlink: Enable and decode extended acknowledgements
  Netlink: Skip stats in device dumps

 sysdep/linux/netlink.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)


base-commit: 1d7f3e564e257d4fd345129b26af4dd9a1dd8bb1
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2.53.0



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