sysctl ip_queue_maxlen variable

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Hi,

  how does the sysctl ip_queue_maxlen variable
work(net.ipv4.ip_queue_maxlen). This is used by the ip_queue.o module in
the kernel to queue packets that have to be sent to user land using netlink
sockets. I felt that this sysctl variable helped us define the max length
for the queue maintained by ip_queue.o, but when I looked at ip_queue.c ,
the value for the sysctl variable is stored at &sysctl_maxlen, where as
before enqueing a packet using the function __ipq_enqueue_entry, the
present len is compared against the variable queue_maxlen and not against
sysctl_maxlen, why is that so ?? so afterall is the queue max len
configurable ?? i have tried using sysctl from command line on
ip_queue_maxlen, it works fine and allows me to set it to any value
sizeof(int), but is this value usde somewhere inside ip_queue, I could not
find that in ip_queue.c ... any clues ??

regards
Amit
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