From 45e7ae7f716086994e4e747226881f901c67b031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Graf Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:29:10 -0700 Subject: [NETLINK]: Ignore control messages directly in netlink_run_queue() Changes netlink_rcv_skb() to skip netlink controll messages and don't pass them on to the message handler. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c') diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index cc09283fd76..b2136accd26 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -864,10 +864,6 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp) type = nlh->nlmsg_type; - /* A control message: ignore them */ - if (type < RTM_BASE) - return 0; - /* Unknown message: reply with EINVAL */ if (type > RTM_MAX) goto err_inval; -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258