Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] rtnetlink: Support fine-grained netdevice bulk deletion

From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:30:16 -0700

On 11/29/21 6:53 AM, Lahav Schlesinger wrote:
> Hi David, while I also don't have any strong preference here, my
> reasoning for failing the whole request if one device can't be deleted
> was so it will share the behaviour we currently have with group deletion.
> If you're okay with this asymmetry I'll send a V4.

good point - new features should be consistent with existing code.

You can add another attribute to the request to say 'Skip devices that
can not be deleted'.