[PATCHv3 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.
---
Difference to v1: fixed comment style.

 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 0276522..679b48e 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ 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;
--
1.8.3.1

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