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Re: netlink drops messages.

To: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: netlink drops messages.
From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:17:20 +0200
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200101161828.VAA31502@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 09:28:34PM +0300
References: <20010116200600.C5122@xxxxxxxxxxx> <200101161828.VAA31502@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 09:28:34PM +0300, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > Resync should be an exception and not the rule IMO.
> 
> If in your system simultaneous UP of 100 interfaces is not an exception. 8)
Forget about interfaces :). Suppose I have BGP router with 100.000 prefixes on
one interface. When interface goes UP my router daemon adds all this prefixes
to the kernel. This will generate burst of netlink messages right?

> 
> SO_RCVBUF exists to adapt to the situation.
Ok, if I'll increase rcvbuf to be 10000 bytes large I'll get two more messages 
:)

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                        Gleb.

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