The function tries to insert handles into JSON input for echo option. Yet there may be nothing to do if the given netlink message doesn't contain a handle, e.g. if it is an 'add element' command. Calling seqnum_to_json() is pointless overhead in that case, and if input is large this overhead is significant. Better wait with that call until after checking if the message is relevant at all. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- src/parser_json.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/parser_json.c b/src/parser_json.c index 4468407b0ecd0..3a84bd96af31f 100644 --- a/src/parser_json.c +++ b/src/parser_json.c @@ -3847,12 +3847,15 @@ static uint64_t handle_from_nlmsg(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh) } int json_events_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct netlink_mon_handler *monh) { - json_t *tmp, *json = seqnum_to_json(nlh->nlmsg_seq); uint64_t handle = handle_from_nlmsg(nlh); + json_t *tmp, *json; void *iter; - /* might be anonymous set, ignore message */ - if (!json || !handle) + if (!handle) + return MNL_CB_OK; + + json = seqnum_to_json(nlh->nlmsg_seq); + if (!json) return MNL_CB_OK; tmp = json_object_get(json, "add"); -- 2.26.2