Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net: devlink: devlink_nl_info_fill: populate default information

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:43:11 -0800

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:33:58 +0900 Vincent MAILHOL wrote:
> > I think 2/ is best because it will generalize to serial numbers while
> > 1/ will likely not. 3/ is a smaller gain.
> >
> > Jiri already plumbed thru the struct devlink_info_req which is on the
> > stack of the caller, per request, so we can add the bool / bitmap for
> > already reported items there quite easily.  
> 
> Sorry, let me clarify the next actions. Are you meaning that Jiri is
> already working on the bitmap implementation and should I wait for his
> patches first? Or do you expect me to do it?

Dunno if the question still stands but we already have 
struct devlink_info_req and can put the bitmap in it.
All drivers use devlink helpers to add attributes.