netdev - [PATCH iproute2-next 3/4] iplink: filter stats using RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:53:50 -0800
From:   Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next 3/4] iplink: filter stats using RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS

Don't request statistics we do not intend to render. This is a step
towards avoiding a truncated IFLA_VFINFO_LIST. It also avoids fetching
unnecessary data, reducing netlink traffic.

Signed-off-by: Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
---
 ip/ipaddress.c | 6 +++++-
 ip/iplink.c    | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index 0bbcee2b3bb2..75511881050d 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -1882,9 +1882,13 @@ static int ipaddr_flush(void)
 
 static int iplink_filter_req(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int reqlen)
 {
+	__u32 filt_mask;
 	int err;
 
-	err = addattr32(nlh, reqlen, IFLA_EXT_MASK, RTEXT_FILTER_VF);
+	filt_mask = RTEXT_FILTER_VF;
+	if (!show_stats)
+		filt_mask |= RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS;
+	err = addattr32(nlh, reqlen, IFLA_EXT_MASK, filt_mask);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 27c9be442a7a..6a973213dc11 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,9 @@ int iplink_get(char *name, __u32 filt_mask)
 			  !check_ifname(name) ? IFLA_IFNAME : IFLA_ALT_IFNAME,
 			  name, strlen(name) + 1);
 	}
+
+	if (!show_stats)
+		filt_mask |= RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS;
 	addattr32(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFLA_EXT_MASK, filt_mask);
 
 	if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, &answer) < 0)
-- 
2.30.0


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