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    netlink: Add field to skip in-kernel notifications · c82481f7
    Ido Schimmel authored
    The struct includes a 'skip_notify' flag that indicates if netlink
    notifications to user space should be suppressed. As explained in commit
    3b1137fe ("net: ipv6: Change notifications for multipath add to
    RTA_MULTIPATH"), this is useful to suppress per-nexthop RTM_NEWROUTE
    notifications when an IPv6 multipath route is added / deleted. Instead,
    one notification is sent for the entire multipath route.
    
    This concept is also useful for in-kernel notifications. Sending one
    in-kernel notification for the addition / deletion of an IPv6 multipath
    route - instead of one per-nexthop - provides a significant increase in
    the insertion / deletion rate to underlying devices.
    
    Add a 'skip_notify_kernel' flag to suppress in-kernel notifications.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    c82481f7
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