netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_NO

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:05:38 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS socket flag

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> But I think some notification or other way to notice whats happening
> is needed for userspace, otherwise it can neither report not handle
> this in any way.

Hm, I see. I think that we can increase sk_drop like in the UDP code
when the NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS flag is set. We can display it in the
netlink /proc entry. Would you be OK with this?

-- 
"Los honestos son inadaptados sociales" -- Les Luthiers
--
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