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lib: move Netlink wrapper to lib

Nelio Laranjeiro dpdk-dev 1 version In review

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1/2lib: move Netlink code into a common libraryMAINTAINERS config/common_base config/common_linuxapp +14 more+216 -1482 replies
2/2lib: add request Netlink messageslib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map+47 -00 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/2] lib: move Netlink wrapper to lib

TAP PMD uses a wrapper to communicate with Netlink through a socket. This wrapper can be useful for other PMD which may need to communicate also with the Linux kernel via Netlink.

This series moves this wrapper to the lib level to let any PMD implement use it when necessary.

Nelio Laranjeiro (2):
lib: move Netlink code into a common library
lib: add request Netlink messages

 MAINTAINERS                                        |   3 +
 config/common_base                                 |   6 ++
 config/common_linuxapp                             |   1 +
 drivers/net/tap/Makefile                           |   3 +-
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c                      |  16 +--
 drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c                         | 118 ++++++++++-----------
 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h                      |  42 --------
 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.c                       |  28 ++---
 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.h                       |   2 +-
 lib/Makefile                                       |   2 +
 lib/librte_netlink/Makefile                        |  26 +++++
 lib/librte_netlink/meson.build                     |  13 +++
 .../librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c                   |  87 +++++++++++----
 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h                   |  43 ++++++++
 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map         |  18 ++++
 lib/meson.build                                    |   2 +-
 mk/rte.app.mk                                      |   1 +
 17 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/Makefile
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/meson.build
 rename drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c => lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c (77%)
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map
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