Re: [PATCH -next 0/5] netlink: remove mmapped netlink support

2016-03-27 Thread Richard Weinberger
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Florian Westphal wrote: > As discussed during netconf 2016 in Seville, this series removes > CONFIG_NETLINK_MMAP. Sorry for hopping in so^Wtoo late. I always thought mmaped netlink is the way to go for userspace packet processing. Sure, the

Re: [PATCH -next 0/5] netlink: remove mmapped netlink support

2016-02-18 Thread David Miller
From: Florian Westphal Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:03:23 +0100 > As discussed during netconf 2016 in Seville, this series removes > CONFIG_NETLINK_MMAP. Series applied, thanks for following up on this so quickly.

[PATCH -next 0/5] netlink: remove mmapped netlink support

2016-02-18 Thread Florian Westphal
As discussed during netconf 2016 in Seville, this series removes CONFIG_NETLINK_MMAP. Close to three years after it was merged it has retained several problems that do not appear to be fixable. No official netfilter libmnl release contains support for mmap backed netlink sockets. No openvswitch