Re: [RFC][UPDATED PATCH 2.6.16] [Patch 9/9] Generic netlinkinterface for delay accounting

From: jamal
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 09:02:41 EST


On Sat, 2006-25-03 at 23:52 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:


> No, we cannot have both passed. If we pass both a PID and a TGID and
> then the code returns just the stats for the PID.
>

ok, that clears it then; i think you are ready to go.

> >
> > Also in regards to the nesting, isnt there a need for nla_nest_cancel in
> > case of failures to add TLVs?
> >
>
> I thought about it, but when I looked at the code of genlmsg_cancel()
> and nla_nest_cancel(). It seemed that genlmsg_cancel() should
> suffice.
>

If your policy is to never send a message if anything fails, then you
are fine.

What would be really useful now that you understand this, is if you can
help extending/cleaning the document i sent you. Or send me a table of
contents of how it would have flowed better for you.

cheers,
jamal



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