netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_NO

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Message-ID: <49C789F4.4050906@trash.net>
Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:09:08 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS socket flag

Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> 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?

Yes, something like that seems OK.

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