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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] netlink: extend buffers to 16K
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:00:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1413046811.16385.27.camel@joe-AO725> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1413045793.9362.48.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>

On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 09:43 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> Starting from linux-3.15 (commit 9063e21fb026, "netlink: autosize skb
> lengths"), kernel is able to send up to 16K in netlink replies.
> 
> This change enables iproute2 commands to get bigger chunks,
> without breaking compatibility with old kernels.

Maybe a #define for the next time it's increased?

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-11 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-11 16:43 [PATCH iproute2] netlink: extend buffers to 16K Eric Dumazet
2014-10-11 17:00 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2014-10-30  5:52 ` Stephen Hemminger

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