netdev - Re: [PATCHv4 iproute2 2/2] lib/libnetlink: update rtnl

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Message-ID: <7501028d-4433-3a08-3a11-4a8b7c0e1404@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:35:35 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Hangbin Liu <haliu@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 iproute2 2/2] lib/libnetlink: update rtnl_talk to
 support malloc buff at run time

On 10/11/17 5:10 AM, Phil Sutter wrote:
> less than 10% overall. Given the short time a single call to 'ip'
> typically takes, I don't think the difference is noticeable even in
> highly performance critical applications.

high performance critical applications should not be forking ip and
definitely not for 1 command at a time.