Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/2] tools/net/ynl: Add multi message support to ynl

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:12:04 +0100

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 02:46:39PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:01:09 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:
> > There's no response for 'batch-begin' or 'batch-end'. We may need a
> > per op spec property to tell us if a request will be acknowledged.
> 
> :(
> 
> Pablo, could we possibly start processing the ACK flags on those
> messages? Maybe the existing user space doesn't set ACK so nobody
> would notice?
> 
> I don't think the messages are otherwise marked as special from 
> the "netlink layer" perspective.

It is possible to explore this. I don't have a use-case for NLM_F_ACK
and the begin marker message at this stage.

Thanks.