netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE in combination with nlmsg

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Message-Id: <20120628.175702.1160710702612954949.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tgraf@...g.ch
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jpirko@...hat.com, dbaryshkov@...il.com,
	slapin@...fans.org, johannes@...solutions.net,
	lauro.venancio@...nbossa.org, aloisio.almeida@...nbossa.org,
	sameo@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE in combination with
 nlmsg_new()

From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:57:45 +0200

> Using NLMSG_GOODSIZE results in multiple pages being used as
> nlmsg_new() will automatically add the size of the netlink
> header to the payload thus exceeding the page limit.
> 
> NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE takes this into account.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>

Applied, thanks Thomas.
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