On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 at 21:11, Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> wrote: > > This set of patches is an extension of the proposed patch > to handle netlink uevent socket overrun reported by Randy Tice. > Mostly impacts users of Azure VF events (MLX5 and MANA). > > DPDK uses netlink uevent to track hotplug events reported > by the kernel. Since this is a one-way non-blocking channel > there is no fool proof way to prevent missing events if DPDK > interrupt thread does not keep up. > > What this series does is: > - use netlink group to only receive events from kernel > - increase socket buffer to have more headroom > - report the problem more clearly in log > - document requirement for control threads > > Stephen Hemminger (4): > eal/linux: filter uevent Netlink in kernel > eal/linux: increase uevent socket buffer > eal/linux: report uevent socket overrun > doc: add warning about control threads > > .mailmap | 1 + > .../prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst | 14 +++++ > lib/eal/linux/eal_dev.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++--- > 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Series applied, thanks. -- David Marchand
