netdev - Re: network interface state

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Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:39:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	drepper@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: network interface state

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:11:35 +0800

> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> >> BTW, is it possible to send both these requests out before starting to
> >> read the results?  This would reduce the amount of code quite a bit.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, that won't work.  Like datagram protocols,
> > netlink assumes one message per sendmsg() call.
> 
> Actually netlink packets come with headers so we do allow chaining.
> See netlink_rcv_skb for details.

My bad, you are indeed right.

Ulrich you can therefore send both messages in one go if you
like.
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