[PATCH v2 0/4] Modernize Netlink code

[David Petera]

Hi Asbjørn,

thanks for all the patches and sorry for not getting to them sooner.

After we release BIRD v3.3.0 and v2.19.0 this week, we will look into 
merging them.

Thanks for your patience and happy routing!
David

David Petera (he/him) | BIRD Tech Support | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.

On 5/18/26 10:59, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen via Bird-users wrote:
> These patches tweaks the netlink code, bringing it closer to
> best practice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast at 2e8.dk>
> ---
> 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