From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next] ll_map: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY to ll_link_get() and ll_init_map()
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260520103043.1131213-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
iproute2 can spend considerable amount of time in ll_init_map()
or ll_link_get() to dump verbose netdev attributes, contributing
to RTNL pressure.
Add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY new flag so that rtnl_fill_ifinfo()
limits its output to:
- struct nlmsghdr
- IFLA_IFNAME
- IFLA_PROP_LIST (alternate names)
This is supported in linux 7.2+ (and ignored in old kernels).
RTNL avoidance should be automatically provided in upcoming
kernel patches.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
lib/ll_map.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ll_map.c b/lib/ll_map.c
index 07937e27d4f6fb5506a3da6e9318270635224364..21dd124960a604b0cd8912a11e1808c0eec5dc3e 100644
--- a/lib/ll_map.c
+++ b/lib/ll_map.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static int ll_link_get(const char *name, int index)
.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETLINK,
.ifm.ifi_index = index,
};
- __u32 filt_mask = RTEXT_FILTER_VF | RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS;
+ __u32 filt_mask = RTEXT_FILTER_VF | RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS |
+ RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY;
struct rtnl_handle rth = {};
struct nlmsghdr *answer;
int rc = 0;
@@ -393,7 +394,8 @@ void ll_init_map(struct rtnl_handle *rth)
if (rtnl_linkdump_req_filter(rth, AF_UNSPEC,
RTEXT_FILTER_VF |
- RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS) < 0) {
+ RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS |
+ RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY) < 0) {
perror("Cannot send dump request");
exit(1);
}
--
2.54.0.631.ge1b05301d1-goog
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2026-05-22 22:20 ` [PATCH iproute2-next] ll_map: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY to ll_link_get() and ll_init_map() patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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