On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:59:50 -0800 Edwin Peer wrote: > The maximum possible length of an RTNL attribute is 64KB, but the > nested VFINFO list exceeds this for more than about 220 VFs (each VF > consumes approximately 300 bytes, depending on alignment and optional > fields). Exceeding the limit causes IFLA_VFINFO_LIST's length to wrap > modulo 16 bits in the kernel's nla_nest_end().
Let's add Michal to CC, my faulty memory tells me he was fighting with this in the past.