On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 07:55:05PM -0500, Shailabh Nagar wrote:
> genetlink-utils.patch
>
> Two utilities for simplifying usage of NETLINK_GENERIC
> interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Shailabh Nagar <[email protected]>
>
> include/net/genetlink.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/net/genetlink.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/net/genetlink.h 2006-03-11 07:41:32.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/net/genetlink.h 2006-03-11 07:41:41.000000000 -0500
> @@ -150,4 +150,24 @@ static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct
> return nlmsg_unicast(genl_sock, skb, pid);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
> + * @gnlh: genetlink messsage header
> + */
> +static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
> +{
> + return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
> + * @gnlh: genetlink message header
> + */
> +static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
> +{
> + struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
> + NLMSG_HDRLEN);
> + return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
> +}
> +
> #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
>
>
Jamal,
Does the implementation of these utilities look ok? We use genlmsg_data()
in the delay accounting code but not genlmsg_len(), hence it might not
be very well tested (just reviewed).
Thanks,
Balbir
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