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From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] libnetlink: check flag NLM_F_DUMP_INTR during
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:03:19 +0100
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Le 22/03/2013 15:59, Eric Dumazet a =C3=A9crit :
> On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 15:45 +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> When this flag is set, it means that dump was interrupted and result=
 may be
>> wrong. Ask user to restart.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
>
>
> Do we have a guarantee this will complete eventually, on some hosts
> constantly adding removing entries ?
>

No. You mean it will be better to just print a warning and continue the=
 dump?