netdev - RE: [tipc-discussion][net-next v1] tipc: introduce new socket option TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ

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Date:   Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:51:31 +0000
From:   Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: RE: [tipc-discussion][net-next v1] tipc: introduce new socket option
 TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED



> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org <netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org>
> On Behalf Of David Miller
> Sent: 19-Apr-19 17:41
> To: Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [tipc-discussion][net-next v1] tipc: introduce new socket option
> TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED
> 
> From: Tung Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:02:19 +0700
> 
> > When using TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_DEPTH for getsockopt(), it returns the
> > number of buffers in receive socket buffer which is not so helpful for
> > user space applications.
> >
> > This commit introduces the new option TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED which
> > returns the current allocated bytes of the receive socket buffer.
> > This helps user space applications dimension its buffer usage to avoid
> > buffer overload issue.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
> 
> TIPC folks, please review.

Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>

It would of course be nicer if we could recycle  TIPC_SOCK_RECV_QUEUE_DEPTH for this purpose, but that would mean altering the current ABI and incur a (probably very low) risk of breaking existing application.
I am not particularly happy with this, but do we have users who claim it would be useful for them.

///jon