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authorThomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>2006-11-11 01:10:15 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-12-03 08:22:11 +0300
commit339bf98ffc6a8d8eb16fc532ac57ffbced2f8a68 (patch)
tree499ad948863d2753ca10283dcf006ad28954538e /include/net/netlink.h
parenta94f723d595ee085f81b1788d18e031af7eeba91 (diff)
downloadlinux-339bf98ffc6a8d8eb16fc532ac57ffbced2f8a68.tar.xz
[NETLINK]: Do precise netlink message allocations where possible
Account for the netlink message header size directly in nlmsg_new() instead of relying on the caller calculate it correctly. Replaces error handling of message construction functions when constructing notifications with bug traps since a failure implies a bug in calculating the size of the skb. 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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/netlink.h9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index ce5cba19c393..30021339157c 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -500,14 +500,15 @@ static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff *skb,
/**
* nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
- * @size: maximum size of message
+ * @payload: size of the message payload
* @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
*
- * Use NLMSG_GOODSIZE if size isn't know and you need a good default size.
+ * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
+ * and a good default is needed.
*/
-static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(int size, gfp_t flags)
+static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
{
- return alloc_skb(size, flags);
+ return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
}
/**