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Diffstat (limited to 'net/netlink/genetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netlink/genetlink.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 713671ae45a..76393f2f4b2 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void genl_unregister_mc_groups(struct genl_family *family) } } -static int genl_validate_ops(struct genl_family *family) +static int genl_validate_ops(const struct genl_family *family) { const struct genl_ops *ops = family->ops; unsigned int n_ops = family->n_ops; @@ -337,10 +337,6 @@ static int genl_validate_ops(struct genl_family *family) return -EINVAL; } - /* family is not registered yet, so no locking needed */ - family->ops = ops; - family->n_ops = n_ops; - return 0; } @@ -461,6 +457,26 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family) EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unregister_family); /** + * genlmsg_new_unicast - Allocate generic netlink message for unicast + * @payload: size of the message payload + * @info: information on destination + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate + * + * 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. + */ +struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new_unicast(size_t payload, struct genl_info *info, + gfp_t flags) +{ + size_t len = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(payload)); + + return netlink_alloc_skb(info->dst_sk, len, info->snd_portid, flags); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genlmsg_new_unicast); + +/** * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message * @skb: socket buffer holding the message * @portid: netlink portid the message is addressed to @@ -541,7 +557,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(struct genl_family *family, return -EOPNOTSUPP; if ((ops->flags & GENL_ADMIN_PERM) && - !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) + !netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; if ((nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) { @@ -600,6 +616,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(struct genl_family *family, info.genlhdr = nlmsg_data(nlh); info.userhdr = nlmsg_data(nlh) + GENL_HDRLEN; info.attrs = attrbuf; + info.dst_sk = skb->sk; genl_info_net_set(&info, net); memset(&info.user_ptr, 0, sizeof(info.user_ptr)); |