Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Truncate single route when it doesn't fit into dump buffer.

[David Ahern]

On 5/12/17 8:24 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jan Moskyto Matejka <mq@xxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:15:10 +0200
> 
>> -int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg);
>> +int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg, int truncate);
> 
> Please use "bool" and "true"/"false" for boolean values.
> 
> What does ipv4 do in this situation?
> 
> I'm hesitant to be OK with adding a new nlmsg flag just for this case
> if we solve this problem differently and using existing mechanisms
> elsewhere.
> 

I'll take a look at this later today or this weekend; we can't just
truncate the route returned to userspace.