Messages in this thread | | | From | Vladimir Oltean <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 01/12] net/sched: taprio: allow user input of per-tc max SDU | Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:23:19 +0000 |
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 11:27:10AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > I know, that's what I expected you'd say :( > You'd need a reverse parser which is a PITA to do unless you have > clearly specified bindings.
I think you're underestimating the problem, it's worse than PITA. My A still hurts and yet I couldn't find any way in which reverse parsing the bad netlink attribute is in any way practical in iproute2, other than doing it to prove a point that it's possible.
> I'd rather you kept the code as is than make precedent for adding both > string and machine readable. If we do that people will try to stay on > the safe side and always add both. > > The machine readable format is carries all the information you need.
Nope, the question "What range?" still isn't answered via the machine readable format. Just "What integer?".
> It's just the user space is not clever enough to read it which is, > well, solvable.
You should come work at NXP, we love people who keep a healthy dose of unnecessary complexity in things :)
Sometimes, "not clever enough" is just fine.
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