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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index ce5cba19c39..fd75fd65d59 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); } /** @@ -828,6 +829,9 @@ static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, #define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \ NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value) +#define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \ + NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value) + #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \ NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value) @@ -874,6 +878,15 @@ static inline u16 nla_get_u16(struct nlattr *nla) } /** + * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute + * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute + */ +static inline __le16 nla_get_le16(struct nlattr *nla) +{ + return *(__le16 *) nla_data(nla); +} + +/** * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute * @nla: u8 netlink attribute */ |