From: stephen hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit 2c64580046a122fa15bb586d8ca4fd5e4b69a1e7 upstream.
This patch changes it to yield sooner at halfway instead. Still not a cure-all
for listener overrun if listner is slow, but works much reliably.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index fe6313140563..ba9f6129ff32 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static inline int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk,
skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
- return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf;
+ return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > (sk->sk_rcvbuf >> 1);
}
return -1;
}
--
1.8.5.2
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