Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:04:47 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] rework netlink skb allocation | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jan Dakinevich <jan.dakinevich@virtuozzo.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:48:08 +0000
> Currently, userspace is able to initiate costly high-order allocation in > kernel sending large broadcast netlink message, which is considered > undesirable. At the same time, unicast message are safe in this regard, > because they uses vmalloc-ed memory. > > This series introduces changes, that allow broadcast messages to be > allocated with vmalloc() as well as unicast.
I'm tossing this series for the same reason I tossed the AF_UNIX change.
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