On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 08:19:14 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> @@ -84,20 +82,10 @@ int nsim_fib_set_max(struct nsim_fib_data *fib_data, > >> entry = &fib_data->ipv6.rules; > >> break; > >> default: > >> - return 0; > >> - } > >> - > >> - /* not allowing a new max to be less than curren occupancy > >> - * --> no means of evicting entries > >> - */ > >> - if (val < entry->num) { > >> - NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "New size is less than current > >> occupancy"); > >> - err = -EINVAL; > > > >This change in behaviour should perhaps be mentioned in the commit > >message. The reload will no longer fail if the resources are > >insufficient. > > Reload is going to fail if the resources are insufficient. I have a > selftest for that, please see the last patch.
Oh, because re-registering the fib notifier itself will fail? All good then, thanks. > >Since we want to test reload more widely than just for the FIB limits > >that does make sense to me. Is that the thinking?