[iproute2-next v3 1/3] update <linux/devlink.h> UAPI header
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date: 2022-07-25 20:57:08
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Subsystem:
devlink, the rest · Maintainers:
Jiri Pirko, Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> --- include/uapi/linux/devlink.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index da0f1ba8f7a0..90f6cf97d308 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h@@ -576,6 +576,14 @@ enum devlink_attr { DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_TYPE, /* string */ DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_SUPPORTED_TYPES, /* nested */ + /* Before adding this attribute to a command, user space should check + * the policy dump and verify the kernel recognizes the attribute. + * Otherwise older kernels which do not recognize the attribute may + * silently accept the unknown attribute while not actually performing + * a dry run. + */ + DEVLINK_ATTR_DRY_RUN, /* flag */ + /* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */ __DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX,
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