On 10/5/18 11:36 AM, Christian Brauner wrote:

quoted

diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 88c8a2d83eb3..36bdca2aa42d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h

@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ struct netlink_callback {
 	struct netlink_ext_ack	*extack;
 	u16			family;
 	u16			min_dump_alloc;
+	unsigned int		strict_check:1,
+				unused:31;

I like this idea a lot. :) but I'm not a fan of bitfields if not
necessary. Is that really necessary here?

no strong opinions on a bitfield vs a bool.