netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip neigh: Add ifindex to request when filtering dumps by device

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Message-ID: <20151012094412.637f1f3a@urahara>
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:44:12 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip neigh: Add ifindex to request when filtering dumps
 by device

On Wed,  7 Oct 2015 10:23:24 -0700
David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:

> Add ifindex to dump request when filtering by device. If the kernel
> supports it adding the index to the request limits the amount of data
> the kernel pushes to userpsace.
> 
> The feature exists in userspace already, so no need to warn the user
> if kernel side support does not exist. Using the kernel side filter
> makes the request more efficient.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied to net-next branch
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