netdev - Re: [PATCH net] inet: bring NLM_DONE out to a separate recv() again

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Message-ID: <20240411115748.05faa636@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:57:48 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, Stefano
 Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>, Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>,
 dsahern@...nel.org, donald.hunter@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] inet: bring NLM_DONE out to a separate recv() again

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:42:45 +0200 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> My plan was to perform this generically from netlink_dump_done().
> 
> This would still avoid calling a RTNL-enabled-dump() again if EOF has
> been met already.
> 
> A sysctl could opt-in for the coalescing, if there is interest.

I'd prefer to keep hacks contained to the few places that need them.
Netlink is full of strange quirks, I don't think this one deserves
a sysctl.