From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ll_map: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY to ll_link_get() and ll_init_map()
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de91e928ff57bc11bdcf76c8d6d302fe788e0440;p=thirdparty%2Fiproute2.git

ll_map: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY to ll_link_get() and ll_init_map()

iproute2 can spend considerable amount of time in ll_init_map()
or ll_link_get() to dump verbose netdev attributes, contributing
to RTNL pressure.

Add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY new flag so that rtnl_fill_ifinfo()
limits its output to:

    - struct nlmsghdr
    - IFLA_IFNAME
    - IFLA_PROP_LIST (alternate names)

This is supported in linux 7.2+ (and ignored in old kernels).

RTNL avoidance should be automatically provided in upcoming
kernel patches.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/lib/ll_map.c b/lib/ll_map.c
index 07937e27..21dd1249 100644
--- a/lib/ll_map.c
+++ b/lib/ll_map.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static int ll_link_get(const char *name, int index)
 		.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETLINK,
 		.ifm.ifi_index = index,
 	};
-	__u32 filt_mask = RTEXT_FILTER_VF | RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS;
+	__u32 filt_mask = RTEXT_FILTER_VF | RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS |
+			  RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY;
 	struct rtnl_handle rth = {};
 	struct nlmsghdr *answer;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -393,7 +394,8 @@ void ll_init_map(struct rtnl_handle *rth)
 
 	if (rtnl_linkdump_req_filter(rth, AF_UNSPEC,
 				     RTEXT_FILTER_VF |
-				     RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS) < 0) {
+				     RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS |
+				     RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY) < 0) {
 		perror("Cannot send dump request");
 		exit(1);
 	}