The patch titled
Add genetlink utilities for payload length calculation
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
add-genetlink-utilities-for-payload-length-calculation.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: Add genetlink utilities for payload length calculation
From: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add two utility helper functions genlmsg_msg_size() and genlmsg_total_size().
These functions are derived from their netlink counterparts.
Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jamal Hadi <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jay Lan <jlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/genetlink.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/net/genetlink.h~add-genetlink-utilities-for-payload-length-calculation include/net/genetlink.h
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h~add-genetlink-utilities-for-payload-length-calculation
+++ a/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -171,4 +171,22 @@ static inline int genlmsg_len(const stru
return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
}
+/**
+ * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
+ * @payload: length of message payload
+ */
+static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
+{
+ return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
+}
+
+/**
+ * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
+ * @payload: length of message payload
+ */
+static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
+{
+ return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
+}
+
#endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from balbir@xxxxxxxxxx are
add-genetlink-utilities-for-payload-length-calculation.patch
fix-taskstats-size-calculation-use-the-new-genetlink-utility-functions.patch
fix-getdelaysc-cpumask-length-and-error-reporting.patch
csa-basic-accounting-over-taskstats.patch
csa-extended-system-accounting-over-taskstats.patch
csa-convert-config-tag-for-extended-accounting-routines.patch
csa-accounting-taskstats-update.patch
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