Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch

From: Roman Mashak <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:51:32 -0400

Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 12:46 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
>
>> Of course it is trivial to add this as attributes and 32 bits
>> for this case is not a big deal because it is done once. I want to talk
>> about the pads instead ;-> What do you suggest we do with pads?
>
> We do nothing with pads. Just leave them.
>
> Or, you need something to make sure to not break old user applications.
>
> Something like a version.

Would be a new NLM_F_* modifier for GET request an option for large
dumps implementation? Looks like there are extract bits and Johannes'
patches for extended ACK do not use it.