netdev - Re: [PATCH] can: fix WARN_ON dump in net/core/rtnetlink.c:rtmsg

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Date:	Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:30:51 +0100
From:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: fix WARN_ON dump in net/core/rtnetlink.c:rtmsg_ifinfo()

David Miller wrote:
> From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:53:13 +0100
> 
>> On older kernels, e.g. 2.6.27, a WARN_ON dump in rtmsg_ifinfo()
>> is thrown when the CAN device is registered due to insufficient
>> skb space, as reported by various users. This patch adds the
>> rtnl_link_ops "get_size" to fix the problem. I think this patch
>> is required for more recent kernels as well, even if no WARN_ON
>> dumps are triggered. Maybe we also need "get_xstats_size" for
>> the CAN xstats.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
> 
> Applied to net-2.6, thanks Wolfgang.

Thanks, the commit message included some questions. What is the rule
using the rtnl_link_ops "get_size" or "get_xstats_size". Are these
mandatory if the corresponding fill functions are used?

Wolfgang.
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