Re: [iproute PATCH] libnetlink: Double the dump buffer size

2016-03-08 Thread Phil Sutter
On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 01:57:46AM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 03:35:53PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 18:57:28 + > > Phil Sutter wrote: > > > > > There have been reports about 'ip addr' printing "Message truncated" on > > >

Re: [iproute PATCH] libnetlink: Double the dump buffer size

2016-03-05 Thread Johannes Berg
On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 15:35 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >  > > There have been reports about 'ip addr' printing "Message > > truncated" on [...] > I thought this was addressed in kernel by making the VF info > optional. > The netlink protocol is showing some strain, this is one of them. I

Re: [iproute PATCH] libnetlink: Double the dump buffer size

2016-03-04 Thread Phil Sutter
On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 03:35:53PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 18:57:28 + > Phil Sutter wrote: > > > There have been reports about 'ip addr' printing "Message truncated" on > > systems with large numbers of VFs. Although I haven't been able to get > > my

Re: [iproute PATCH] libnetlink: Double the dump buffer size

2016-03-04 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 18:57:28 + Phil Sutter wrote: > There have been reports about 'ip addr' printing "Message truncated" on > systems with large numbers of VFs. Although I haven't been able to get > my hands on hardware suitable to reproduce this, increasing the dump > buffer has

[iproute PATCH] libnetlink: Double the dump buffer size

2016-03-04 Thread Phil Sutter
There have been reports about 'ip addr' printing "Message truncated" on systems with large numbers of VFs. Although I haven't been able to get my hands on hardware suitable to reproduce this, increasing the dump buffer has been reported to resolve the issue. For want of a better idea, just double