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Message-Id: <20090220.010129.217009353.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:01:29 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: kaber@...sh.net Cc: pablo@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket option From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:43:36 +0100 > Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > > This patch adds NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR which is a netlink > > socket option that the listener can set to make netlink_broadcast() > > return errors in the delivery to the caller. This option is useful > > if the caller of netlink_broadcast() do something with the result > > of the message delivery, like in ctnetlink where it drops a network > > packet if the event delivery failed, this is used to enable reliable > > logging and state-synchronization. If this socket option is not set, > > netlink_broadcast() only reports ESRCH errors and silently ignore > > ENOBUFS errors, which is what most netlink_broadcast() callers > > should do. > > This socket option is based on a suggestion from Patrick McHardy. > > Patrick McHardy can exchange this patch for a beer from me ;). > > I'd accept that offer, but it needs to go through Dave :) > Anyways, the patch looks good. > > Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Applied, thanks guys. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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