netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: netlink: cap max groups which will be considered in netlink

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Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:55:01 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, christophe.leroy@....fr, rgb@...hat.com,
        erhard_f@...lbox.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: netlink: cap max groups which will be considered
 in netlink_bind()

On 2/20/20 5:02 PM, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> Dave it is not necessary to queue this fix for stable releases since
>> NETLINK_ROUTE is the first to reach more groups after I added the vlan
>> notification changes and I don't think we'll ever backport new groups. :)
>> Up to you of course.

RTNLGRP_NEXTHOP was the first to overflow; RTNLGRP_NEXTHOP = 32.

Apparently my comment about overflowing the groups was only in the
iproute2 commit (e7cd93e7afe1a0407ccb94b9124bbd56b87b8660)