On Fri, 2006-24-03 at 07:02 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:04:46AM -0500, jamal wrote: > 3. nlmsg_new() now allocates for 2*u32 + sizeof(taskstats) Not the right size; the u32 covers the V part of TLV. The T = 16 bits and L = 16 bits. And if you nest TLVs, then it gets more interesting. Look at using proper macros instead of hard coding like you did. grep for something like RTA_SPACE and perhaps send a patch to make it generic for netlink.h cheers, jamal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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