Re: No buffer space available when using the ip_queue module

James Morris (jmorris@intercode.com.au)
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:11:19 +1000 (EST)


On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Martin Clausen wrote:

> Hi!
>
> When using the ip_queue module from Netfilter I sometimes get this error:
>
> Failed to receive netlink message: No buffer space available
>
> Is it possible to make those kernel buffers bigger so that I don't run
> into this problem?
>

Yes, these are standard Netlink sockets, and you can tune their receive
buffer sizes via /proc, or use the SO_RCVBUF socket option on the file
descriptor.

- James

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James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>

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