netdev - Re: [RFC] netlink broadcast return value

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:48:09 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] netlink broadcast return value

Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Oh, and also for this:
> 
>> 	if (p->skb2 == NULL) {
>> 		netlink_overrun(sk);
>> 		/* Clone failed. Notify ALL listeners. */
>> 		p->failure = 1;
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> if (nlk->flags & NETLINK_HIGHLY_RELIABLE)
> 	p->failure = 1;

I always wondered about the intention behind this. It wouldn't
hurt to just try the other allocation and see if they also fail.
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