[PATCH 2/2] netlink: add support for multi-part netlink messages.

[Maxim Perevedentsev <mperevedentsev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Such messages do not have NLMSG_ERROR or NLMSG_DONE type
but they are valid responses. We test 'multi-partness'
by looking for NLM_F_MULTI flag.
---
 src/util/virnetlink.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index 0052ef9..105a604 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -386,7 +386,9 @@ virNetlinkGetErrorCode(struct nlmsghdr *resp, unsigned int recvbuflen)
         break;

     default:
-        goto malformed_resp;
+        // We allow multipart messages.
+        if (!(resp->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_MULTI))
+            goto malformed_resp;
     }

     return result;
--
Sincerely,
Maxim Perevedentsev

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