Check for existing buffer size, if this is larger than the newer buffer size, skip this size update. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: 'len' variable was not properly set. src/mnl.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/mnl.c b/src/mnl.c index 288a887df097..2270a084ad29 100644 --- a/src/mnl.c +++ b/src/mnl.c @@ -235,8 +235,15 @@ static void mnl_set_sndbuffer(const struct mnl_socket *nl, static int mnl_set_rcvbuffer(const struct mnl_socket *nl, size_t bufsiz) { + unsigned int cur_bufsiz; + socklen_t len = sizeof(cur_bufsiz); int ret; + ret = getsockopt(mnl_socket_get_fd(nl), SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, + &cur_bufsiz, &len); + if (cur_bufsiz > bufsiz) + return 0; + ret = setsockopt(mnl_socket_get_fd(nl), SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &bufsiz, sizeof(socklen_t)); if (ret < 0) { -- 2.11.0