Hi folks,
Just a follow-up on this thread...
The basic issue is that for a given net device, I want to export to
userspace more data than what can fit in a netlink sk_buff. On first
glance, using RTM_GETLINK with the ops->fill_info() hook seemed
perfect. It provides a simple interface for my rtne
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Scott Feldman wrote:
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> What kind of data are you sending up? Maybe there is an alternate interface.
This is what I'm wondering about: alternative interfaces, that are
still kosher in the netlink/rtnl world. Each interface is associated
with a certain set of "pe
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a new link driver that registers a rtnl_link_ops. For many
> things, the rtnl interfaces are perfectly suited: I can use netlink in
> userspace to check out packet counts, adjust interface parameters, and
> all sorts
