Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/4] libnetlink: Add rta_getattr_uint()

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 09:21:58 -0800

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:43:34 -0800
Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:58:59 -0800 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > +static inline __u64 rta_getattr_uint(const struct rtattr *rta)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) == sizeof(__u32))
> > > +		return rta_getattr_u32(rta);
> > > +	return rta_getattr_u64(rta);    
> > 
> > Don't understand the use case here.
> > The kernel always sends the same payload size for the same attribute.  
> 
> Please see commit 374d345d9b5e13380c in the kernel.

Ok, but maybe go further and handle u16 and u8