From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] netlink: extend buffers to 16K Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:52:33 -0700 Message-ID: <20141029225233.68db3433@urahara> References: <1413045793.9362.48.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: Received: from mail-pd0-f181.google.com ([209.85.192.181]:42845 "EHLO mail-pd0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752060AbaJ3Fwn (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:52:43 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f181.google.com with SMTP id y10so4457686pdj.40 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:52:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1413045793.9362.48.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:43:13 -0700 Eric Dumazet wrote: > From: Eric Dumazet > > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.