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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/genetlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/genetlink.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index d420f28b6d60..82d8d09faa44 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -160,6 +160,38 @@ static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, } /** + * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header + * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put() + * @family: generic netlink family + * + * Returns pointer to netlink header. + */ +static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr, + struct genl_family *family) +{ + return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr - + family->hdrsize - + GENL_HDRLEN - + NLMSG_HDRLEN); +} + +/** + * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not + * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number + * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put() + * @family: generic netlink family + * + * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it + * simpler to use with generic netlink. + */ +static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb, + void *user_hdr, + struct genl_family *family) +{ + nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family)); +} + +/** * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message * @skb: socket buffer holding the message * @info: receiver info |