Re: [PATCH] mctp: Remove only static neighbour on RTM_DELNEIGH

[Gagan Kumar]

Hi Jeremy and Jakub,

Thanks for the response.

On Fri, 2021-12-31 at 11:33 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:

> Hi Jakub & Gagan,
> 
> > > Add neighbour source flag in mctp_neigh_remove(...) to allow
> > > removal of only static neighbours.
> > 
> > Which are the only ones that exist today right?
> 
> That's correct. There may be a future facility for the kernel to
> perform
> neighbour discovery itself (somewhat analogous to ARP), but only the
> static entries are possible at the moment.
> 
> > Can you clarify the motivation and practical impact of the change 
> > in the commit message to make it clear? AFAICT this is a no-op / prep
> > for some later changes, right Jeremy?
> 
> Yes, it'll be a no-op now; I'm not aware of any changes coming that
> require parameterisation of the neighbour type yet.
> 
> Gagan - can you provide any context on this change?

I was exploring the repository and wanted to get familiar with the
patching process. During that, I was looking for some TODOs in /net for
my first patch and came across mctp.

I thought `TODO: add a "source" flag so netlink can only delete static
neighbours?` might be of some use in the future. So, thought of sending
a patch for the same.

If I were to think like a critic, "You aren't gonna need it" principle
can be applied here.

If you think it's ok to proceed I can update the commit message to
include the motivation and impact as a no-op.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Jeremy

Thanks,
Gagan