From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:25:55 -0700
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> > > There are two ways to get tc filters from kernel to user space. > > 1) Full dump (tc_dump_tfilter()) > 2) RTM_GETTFILTER to get one precise filter, reducing overhead. > > The second operation is unfortunately broadcasting its result, > polluting "tc monitor" users. > > This patch makes sure only the requester gets the result, using > netlink_unicast() instead of rtnetlink_send() > > Jamal cooked an iproute2 patch to implement "tc filter get" operation, > but other user space libraries already use RTM_GETTFILTER when a single > filter is queried, instead of dumping all filters. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> Applied, thanks Eric. Want me to queue this up for -stable too?
