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authorThomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>2006-11-14 19:45:27 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-12-02 21:22:41 -0800
commit81878d27fdd297a33f3cfcf29483fe1abaf26dec (patch)
tree4ce8183643abce3ec5fe5fdab0c9104204e88e6e
parent3dabc7157859e706770c825aa229f8943db4e0e1 (diff)
[GENL]: Add genlmsg_reply() to simply unicast replies to requests
A generic netlink user has no interest in knowing how to address the source of the original request. 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>
-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h10
-rw-r--r--net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c2
-rw-r--r--net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c4
-rw-r--r--net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c2
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c2
5 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 2010465fa7d..797c18b5041 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
}
/**
+ * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
+ * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
+ * @info: receiver information
+ */
+static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+ return genlmsg_unicast(skb, info->snd_pid);
+}
+
+/**
* gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
* @gnlh: genetlink messsage header
*/
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
index f1788bd290f..52628878524 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ list_start:
genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data);
- ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid);
+ ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info);
if (ret_val != 0)
goto list_failure;
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
index c529622ff0b..784693735e0 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int netlbl_mgmt_listdef(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data);
- ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid);
+ ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info);
if (ret_val != 0)
goto listdef_failure;
return 0;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static int netlbl_mgmt_version(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data);
- ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid);
+ ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info);
if (ret_val != 0)
goto version_failure;
return 0;
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
index 219dccade4e..57dd07b51be 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int netlbl_unlabel_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data);
- ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid);
+ ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info);
if (ret_val != 0)
goto list_failure;
return 0;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 70d60c81889..0249a56a9aa 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int ctrl_getfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto errout;
}
- err = genlmsg_unicast(msg, info->snd_pid);
+ err = genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
errout:
return err;
}