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Re: [PATCH] NETLINK_UESTABLISHED notifier event

To: dmitry_yus@xxxxxxxxx (Dmitry Yusupov)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NETLINK_UESTABLISHED notifier event
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:45:58 +1000
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> * new event for unicast connections NETLINK_UESTABLISHED.

Huh? In the patch you're actually sending the notification
when the socket stops listening to multicast traffic.

Please document why we need this in greater detail too.

> * netlink alloc_skb() now uses sk_allocation instead of hard-coded
> GFP_KERNEL

Why? We never set it to anything else for netlink.

> * since netlink event described via proto and pid,
> netlink_getsockbypid() is exported, so netlink user can identify socket.

Please submit the users for kernel inclusion first.

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