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-rw-r--r--doc/zebra.82
-rw-r--r--zebra/rt_netlink.c14
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/zebra.8 b/doc/zebra.8
index 23703e72..a40909a6 100644
--- a/doc/zebra.8
+++ b/doc/zebra.8
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ handle flood of netlink messages from kernel. If you ever see "recvmsg overrun"
messages in zebra log, you are in trouble.
Solution is to increase receive buffer of netlink socket. Note that kernel
-doesn't allow to increase it over maximum value defined in
+< 2.6.14 doesn't allow to increase it over maximum value defined in
\fI/proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max\fR. If you want to do it, you have to increase
maximum before starting zebra.
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index fa446a56..bab17037 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ set_ifindex(struct interface *ifp, unsigned int ifi_index)
ifp->ifindex = ifi_index;
}
+#ifndef SO_RCVBUFFORCE
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE (33)
+#endif
+
static int
netlink_recvbuf (struct nlsock *nl, uint32_t newsize)
{
@@ -117,8 +121,16 @@ netlink_recvbuf (struct nlsock *nl, uint32_t newsize)
return -1;
}
- ret = setsockopt(nl->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &nl_rcvbufsize,
+ /* Try force option (linux >= 2.6.14) and fall back to normal set */
+ if ( zserv_privs.change (ZPRIVS_RAISE) )
+ zlog_err ("routing_socket: Can't raise privileges");
+ ret = setsockopt(nl->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &nl_rcvbufsize,
sizeof(nl_rcvbufsize));
+ if ( zserv_privs.change (ZPRIVS_LOWER) )
+ zlog_err ("routing_socket: Can't lower privileges");
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = setsockopt(nl->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &nl_rcvbufsize,
+ sizeof(nl_rcvbufsize));
if (ret < 0)
{
zlog (NULL, LOG_ERR, "Can't set %s receive buffer size: %s", nl->name,