[GENL]: Add genlmsg_new() to allocate generic netlink messages
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -187,4 +187,15 @@ static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
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return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
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}
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/**
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* genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
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* @payload: size of the message payload
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* @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
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*/
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static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
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{
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return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
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}
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#endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
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@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
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/*
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* If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
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*/
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skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
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skb = genlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
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if (!skb)
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return -ENOMEM;
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