linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Truncate single route when it doesn't fit into dump buffer.

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Message-Id: <20170512.112447.1421545301592945998.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 11:24:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mq@....cz
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dsa@...ulusnetworks.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Truncate single route when it doesn't fit
 into dump buffer.

From: Jan Moskyto Matejka <mq@....cz>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:15:10 +0200

> -int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg);
> +int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg, int truncate);

Please use "bool" and "true"/"false" for boolean values.

What does ipv4 do in this situation?

I'm hesitant to be OK with adding a new nlmsg flag just for this case
if we solve this problem differently and using existing mechanisms
elsewhere.