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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 84125088c309..0574abd3db86 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@ struct genl_info;
* @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
* @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
* namespaces and should be presented in all of them
+ * @parallel_ops: operations can be called in parallel and aren't
+ * synchronized by the core genetlink code
* @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
* do additional, common, filtering and return an error
* @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
* undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
* @mcast_bind: a socket bound to the given multicast group (which
* is given as the offset into the groups array)
- * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group
+ * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group.
+ * Note that unbind() will not be called symmetrically if the
+ * generic netlink family is removed while there are still open
+ * sockets.
* @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
* @family_list: family list
* @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private)
@@ -206,6 +211,23 @@ static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
}
/**
+ * genlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a genetlink message
+ * @nlh: netlink message header
+ * @family: genetlink message family
+ * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
+ * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
+ * */
+static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+ const struct genl_family *family,
+ struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
+ const struct nla_policy *policy)
+{
+ return nlmsg_parse(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb, maxtype,
+ policy);
+}
+
+/**
* 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()
@@ -245,9 +267,9 @@ static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
* @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
* @hdr: user specific header
*/
-static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
+static inline void genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
{
- return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
+ nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
}
/**