netdev - RE: [RFC PATCH] netlink: Increase netlink dump skb message size

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:21:04 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] netlink: Increase netlink dump skb message size

Le mardi 26 avril 2011 à 09:12 -0700, Rose, Gregory V a écrit :

> I'm fine with however you folks want to approach this, just give me some direction.

I would just try following patch :


diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 4c4ac3f..22cac81 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 #else
 #define NLMSG_GOODSIZE	SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(8192UL)
 #endif
+#define NLMSG_DUMPSIZE SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(8192UL)
 
 #define NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_GOODSIZE - NLMSG_HDRLEN)
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index c8f35b5..cb8d6ac 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 	int len, err = -ENOBUFS;
 
-	skb = sock_rmalloc(sk, NLMSG_GOODSIZE, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = sock_rmalloc(sk, NLMSG_DUMPSIZE, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto errout;
 


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