This function is used for sending notification over
genl_sock.
Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <[email protected]>
Bug #7561
---
include/net/genetlink.h | 2 ++
net/netlink/genetlink.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 82d8d09..7db3299 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family
*family,
struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
+extern void genl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid,
+ u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
/**
* genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 482fa57..8a36599 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -946,3 +946,16 @@ int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
unsigned int group,
return genlmsg_mcast(skb, pid, group, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(genlmsg_multicast_allns);
+
+void genl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group,
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ struct sock *sk = net->genl_sock;
+ int report = 0;
+
+ if (nlh)
+ report = nlmsg_report(nlh);
+
+ nlmsg_notify(sk, skb, pid, group, report, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_notify);
--
1.7.1
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