linux/net
Eric Dumazet fa59b27c9d net_sched: do not broadcast RTM_GETTFILTER result
There are two ways to get tc filters from kernel to user space.

1) Full dump (tc_dump_tfilter())
2) RTM_GETTFILTER to get one precise filter, reducing overhead.

The second operation is unfortunately broadcasting its result,
polluting "tc monitor" users.

This patch makes sure only the requester gets the result, using
netlink_unicast() instead of rtnetlink_send()

Jamal cooked an iproute2 patch to implement "tc filter get" operation,
but other user space libraries already use RTM_GETTFILTER when a single
filter is queried, instead of dumping all filters.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-10-13 09:51:55 -04:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: ndisc: no overreact if no short address is available 2016-09-19 20:19:34 +02:00
9p IB/core: add support to create a unsafe global rkey to ib_create_pd 2016-09-23 13:47:44 -04:00
802
8021q
appletalk appletalk: use IS_ENABLED() instead of checking for built-in or module 2016-09-10 21:19:10 -07:00
atm lec: use IS_ENABLED() instead of checking for built-in or module 2016-09-10 21:19:10 -07:00
ax25
batman-adv treewide: remove redundant #include <linux/kconfig.h> 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Refactor append name and appearance 2016-10-06 11:52:29 +02:00
bridge netfilter: bridge: clarify bridge/netfilter message 2016-10-02 22:44:03 -04:00
caif
can
ceph crush: remove redundant local variable 2016-10-05 23:02:10 +02:00
core Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-10-07 21:38:00 -07:00
dcb
dccp
decnet
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: add port fast ageing 2016-09-23 08:38:50 -04:00
ethernet
hsr
ieee802154
ipv4 Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-10-07 21:38:00 -07:00
ipv6 ipv6 addrconf: disallow rtr_solicits < -1 2016-10-07 23:43:56 -04:00
ipx
irda Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-09-23 06:46:57 -04:00
iucv
kcm Merge branch 'work.splice_read' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-07 15:36:58 -07:00
key
l2tp l2tp: constify net_device_ops structures 2016-09-17 10:07:23 -04:00
l3mdev net: ipv6: Remove l3mdev_get_saddr6 2016-09-10 23:12:53 -07:00
lapb
llc llc: switch type to bool as the timeout is only tested versus 0 2016-09-17 10:05:05 -04:00
mac80211 Merge remote-tracking branch 'net-next/master' into mac80211-next 2016-10-04 09:46:44 +02:00
mac802154 mac802154: use rate limited warnings for malformed frames 2016-09-19 20:19:34 +02:00
mpls mpls: move mpls_hdr to a common location 2016-10-03 02:00:21 -04:00
ncsi net/ncsi: Introduce ncsi_stop_dev() 2016-10-04 02:11:51 -04:00
netfilter netfilter: Fix slab corruption. 2016-10-11 04:44:37 -04:00
netlabel
netlink netlink: do not enter direct reclaim from netlink_dump() 2016-10-06 20:53:13 -04:00
netrom
nfc
openvswitch openvswitch: use mpls_hdr 2016-10-03 02:00:22 -04:00
packet packet: call fanout_release, while UNREGISTERING a netdev 2016-10-06 20:50:18 -04:00
phonet
qrtr
rds IB/core: add support to create a unsafe global rkey to ib_create_pd 2016-09-23 13:47:44 -04:00
rfkill
rose
rxrpc rxrpc: Don't request an ACK on the last DATA packet of a call's Tx phase 2016-10-06 08:11:51 +01:00
sched net_sched: do not broadcast RTM_GETTFILTER result 2016-10-13 09:51:55 -04:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-10-02 22:20:41 -04:00
strparser strparser: Propagate correct error code in strp_recv() 2016-10-12 01:51:49 -04:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-10 20:16:43 -07:00
switchdev switchdev: remove FIB offload infrastructure 2016-09-28 04:48:00 -04:00
tipc tipc: fix possible memory leak in tipc_udp_enable() 2016-09-13 11:28:32 -04:00
unix skb_splice_bits(): get rid of callback 2016-10-03 20:40:56 -04:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: Don't dec ack backlog twice for rejected connections 2016-09-27 07:59:25 -04:00
wimax
wireless Merge remote-tracking branch 'net-next/master' into mac80211-next 2016-10-04 09:46:44 +02:00
x25 net: x25: remove null checks on arrays calling_ae and called_ae 2016-09-09 18:13:30 -07:00
xfrm proc: Reduce cache miss in xfrm_statistics_seq_show 2016-09-30 01:50:45 -04:00
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
socket.c vfs: Remove {get,set,remove}xattr inode operations 2016-10-07 21:48:36 -04:00
sysctl_net.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2016-10-06 09:52:23 -07:00