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Diffstat (limited to 'net/netlink/genetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netlink/genetlink.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index c29d2568c9e0..a1154717219e 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -498,6 +498,37 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unregister_family); +/** + * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message + * @skb: socket buffer holding the message + * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to + * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender) + * @family: generic netlink family + * @flags netlink message flags + * @cmd: generic netlink command + * + * Returns pointer to user specific header + */ +void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, + struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd) +{ + struct nlmsghdr *nlh; + struct genlmsghdr *hdr; + + nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, family->id, GENL_HDRLEN + + family->hdrsize, flags); + if (nlh == NULL) + return NULL; + + hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh); + hdr->cmd = cmd; + hdr->version = family->version; + hdr->reserved = 0; + + return (char *) hdr + GENL_HDRLEN; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(genlmsg_put); + static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) { struct genl_ops *ops; |
