netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netlink: make sure we allow at least one dump skb

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 <175224482250.2294782.17461362923703859683.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:40:22 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org,
 m.szyprowski@...sung.com, kuniyu@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: make sure we allow at least one dump skb

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:11:21 -0700 you wrote:
> Commit under Fixes tightened up the memory accounting for Netlink
> sockets. Looks like the accounting is too strict for some existing
> use cases, Marek reported issues with nl80211 / WiFi iw CLI.
> 
> To reduce number of iterations Netlink dumps try to allocate
> messages based on the size of the buffer passed to previous
> recvmsg() calls. If user space uses a larger buffer in recvmsg()
> than sk_rcvbuf we will allocate an skb we won't be able to queue.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] netlink: make sure we allow at least one dump skb
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a215b5723922

You are awesome, thank you!
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