genetlink: add and use genl_set_err()

Add a static inline to generic netlink to wrap netlink_set_err()
to make it easier to use here - use it in openvswitch (the only
generic netlink user of netlink_set_err()).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Johannes Berg 2013-11-19 15:19:37 +01:00 • committed by David S. Miller
commit 62b68e99fa
3 changed files with 21 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -351,5 +351,19 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
}
/**
* genl_set_err - report error to genetlink broadcast listeners
* @net: the network namespace to report the error to
* @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
* @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
* @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
*
* This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the
* NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option.
*/
static inline int genl_set_err(struct net *net, u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
{
return netlink_set_err(net->genl_sock, portid, group, code);
}
#endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */