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Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 iproute2 2/2] lib/libnetlink: update rtnl_talk to
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:35:35 -0600
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On 10/11/17 5:10 AM, Phil Sutter wrote:
> less than 10% overall. Given the short time a single call to 'ip'
> typically takes, I don't think the difference is noticeable even in
> highly performance critical applications.

high performance critical applications should not be forking ip and
definitely not for 1 command at a time.