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authorThomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>2013-11-30 13:21:30 +0100
committerJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>2014-01-06 15:51:53 -0800
commitbb9b18fb55b03477fe5bdd3e97245d6d4d3dee4f (patch)
tree02d730abd6f31752a842f8c1d9f30d62d185e0b2 /include/net/genetlink.h
parent663efa3696232300a8ad3a46bb10482fc0b861cf (diff)
genl: Add genlmsg_new_unicast() for unicast message allocation
Allocates a new sk_buff large enough to cover the specified payload plus required Netlink headers. Will check receiving socket for memory mapped i/o capability and use it if enabled. Will fall back to non-mapped skb if message size exceeds the frame size of the ring. Signed-of-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/genetlink.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 1b177ed803b7..93695f0e22a5 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct genl_family {
* @attrs: netlink attributes
* @_net: network namespace
* @user_ptr: user pointers
+ * @dst_sk: destination socket
*/
struct genl_info {
u32 snd_seq;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ struct genl_info {
struct net * _net;
#endif
void * user_ptr[2];
+ struct sock * dst_sk;
};
static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ void genl_notify(struct genl_family *family,
struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 portid,
u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
+struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new_unicast(size_t payload, struct genl_info *info,
+ gfp_t flags);
void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);