get_link_af_size_filtered() - a filtering-mask aware alternative
function is added to struct rtnl_af_ops in order to allow for
"rightsizing" the IFLA_AF_SPEC calculation in if_nlmsg_size().
This significantly reduces the message size when at least one netdev has
large number of VLANs.
Signed-off-by: Ronen Arad <ronen.a...@intel.com>
---
include/net/rtnetlink.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index aff6ceb..96df9bb 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ struct rtnl_af_ops {
const struct nlattr *attr);
int (*set_link_af)(struct net_device *dev,
const struct nlattr *attr);
+ size_t (*get_link_af_size_filtered)(const struct
net_device *dev,
+ u32
ext_filter_mask);
};
void __rtnl_af_unregister(struct rtnl_af_ops *ops);
--
2.1.0
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