On 6/15/19 8:07 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
>
> The struct includes a 'skip_notify' flag that indicates if netlink
> notifications to user space should be suppressed. As explained in commit
> 3b1137fe7482 ("net: ipv6: Change notifications for multipath add to
> RTA_MULTIPATH"), this is useful to suppress per-nexthop RTM_NEWROUTE
> notifications when an IPv6 multipath route is added / deleted. Instead,
> one notification is sent for the entire multipath route.
>
> This concept is also useful for in-kernel notifications. Sending one
> in-kernel notification for the addition / deletion of an IPv6 multipath
> route - instead of one per-nexthop - provides a significant increase in
> the insertion / deletion rate to underlying devices.
>
> Add a 'skip_notify_kernel' flag to suppress in-kernel notifications.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
> ---
> include/net/netlink.h | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Unfortunate a second flag is needed.
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
