Re: [PATCH net] netlink: specs: rt-link: convert bridge port flag attributes to u8

[email protected] Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:30:16 +0000

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:03:04 +0300 you wrote:
> A number of IFLA_BRPORT_* attributes are documented in the rt-link spec
> as having the "flag" type, i.e. a payload-less NLA_FLAG attribute whose
> meaning is presence-only. This does not match the kernel, which emits
> these attributes with nla_put_u8() and validates them as NLA_U8 in
> br_port_policy[]. The values are not mere presence flags but carry a u8
> payload (0/1).
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] netlink: specs: rt-link: convert bridge port flag attributes to u8
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/f6e3b21608e9

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