Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 13/13] net: expose devlink port over rtnetlink

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:10:06 -0700

On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 12:22:09 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Why produce the empty nest if port is not set?  
> 
> Empty nest indicates that kernel supports this but there is no devlink
> port associated. I see no other way to indicate this :/

Maybe it's time to plumb policies thru to classic netlink, instead of
creating weird attribute constructs?