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v3.1
  1#ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  2#define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  3
  4#include <linux/genetlink.h>
  5#include <net/netlink.h>
  6#include <net/net_namespace.h>
  7
 
 
  8/**
  9 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
 10 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
 11 * @id: multicast group ID, assigned by the core, to use with
 12 *      genlmsg_multicast().
 13 * @list: list entry for linking
 14 * @family: pointer to family, need not be set before registering
 15 */
 16struct genl_multicast_group {
 17	struct genl_family	*family;	/* private */
 18	struct list_head	list;		/* private */
 19	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 20	u32			id;
 21};
 22
 23struct genl_ops;
 24struct genl_info;
 25
 26/**
 27 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
 28 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
 29 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
 30 * @name: name of family
 31 * @version: protocol version
 32 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
 33 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
 34 *	namespaces and should be presented in all of them
 35 * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
 36 *	do additional, common, filtering and return an error
 37 * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
 38 *	undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
 39 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
 40 * @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
 41 * @family_list: family list
 42 * @mcast_groups: multicast groups list
 
 
 
 
 43 */
 44struct genl_family {
 45	unsigned int		id;
 46	unsigned int		hdrsize;
 47	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 48	unsigned int		version;
 49	unsigned int		maxattr;
 50	bool			netnsok;
 51	int			(*pre_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
 
 52					    struct sk_buff *skb,
 53					    struct genl_info *info);
 54	void			(*post_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
 55					     struct sk_buff *skb,
 56					     struct genl_info *info);
 57	struct nlattr **	attrbuf;	/* private */
 58	struct list_head	ops_list;	/* private */
 
 
 
 
 59	struct list_head	family_list;	/* private */
 60	struct list_head	mcast_groups;	/* private */
 61};
 62
 63/**
 64 * struct genl_info - receiving information
 65 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
 66 * @snd_pid: netlink pid of sender
 67 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
 68 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
 69 * @userhdr: user specific header
 70 * @attrs: netlink attributes
 71 * @_net: network namespace
 72 * @user_ptr: user pointers
 
 73 */
 74struct genl_info {
 75	u32			snd_seq;
 76	u32			snd_pid;
 77	struct nlmsghdr *	nlhdr;
 78	struct genlmsghdr *	genlhdr;
 79	void *			userhdr;
 80	struct nlattr **	attrs;
 81#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 82	struct net *		_net;
 83#endif
 84	void *			user_ptr[2];
 
 85};
 86
 87static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
 88{
 89	return read_pnet(&info->_net);
 90}
 91
 92static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
 93{
 94	write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
 95}
 96
 97/**
 98 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
 99 * @cmd: command identifier
100 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
101 * @flags: flags
102 * @policy: attribute validation policy
103 * @doit: standard command callback
104 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
105 * @done: completion callback for dumps
106 * @ops_list: operations list
107 */
108struct genl_ops {
109	u8			cmd;
110	u8			internal_flags;
111	unsigned int		flags;
112	const struct nla_policy	*policy;
113	int		       (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
114				       struct genl_info *info);
115	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
116					 struct netlink_callback *cb);
117	int		       (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
118	struct list_head	ops_list;
 
 
119};
120
121extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
122extern int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family *family,
123	struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops);
124extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
125extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
126extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
127extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
128				  struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
129extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
130				     struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
131
132/**
133 * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
134 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
135 * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
136 * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
137 * @family: generic netlink family
138 * @flags netlink message flags
139 * @cmd: generic netlink command
140 *
141 * Returns pointer to user specific header
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
142 */
143static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
144				struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd)
145{
146	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
147	struct genlmsghdr *hdr;
148
149	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, family->id, GENL_HDRLEN +
150			family->hdrsize, flags);
151	if (nlh == NULL)
152		return NULL;
153
154	hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
155	hdr->cmd = cmd;
156	hdr->version = family->version;
157	hdr->reserved = 0;
158
159	return (char *) hdr + GENL_HDRLEN;
160}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
161
162/**
163 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
164 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
165 * @family: generic netlink family
166 *
167 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
168 */
169static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
170					     struct genl_family *family)
171{
172	return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
173				   family->hdrsize -
174				   GENL_HDRLEN -
175				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
176}
177
178/**
179 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
180 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
181 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
182 * @family: generic netlink family
183 *
184 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
185 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
186 */
187static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
188					      void *user_hdr,
189					      struct genl_family *family)
190{
191	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
192}
193
194/**
195 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
196 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
197 * @info: receiver info
198 * @family: generic netlink family
199 * @flags: netlink message flags
200 * @cmd: generic netlink command
201 *
202 * Returns pointer to user specific header
203 */
204static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
205				      struct genl_info *info,
206				      struct genl_family *family,
207				      int flags, u8 cmd)
208{
209	return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq, family,
210			   flags, cmd);
211}
212
213/**
214 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
215 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
216 * @hdr: user specific header
217 */
218static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
219{
220	return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
221}
222
223/**
224 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
225 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
226 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
227 */
228static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
229{
230	if (hdr)
231		nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
232}
233
234/**
235 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
 
236 * @net: the net namespace
237 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
238 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
239 * @group: multicast group id
240 * @flags: allocation flags
241 */
242static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
243					  u32 pid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
244{
245	return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, pid, group, flags);
 
 
 
 
246}
247
248/**
249 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
 
250 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
251 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
252 * @group: multicast group id
253 * @flags: allocation flags
254 */
255static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
 
256				    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
257{
258	return genlmsg_multicast_netns(&init_net, skb, pid, group, flags);
 
259}
260
261/**
262 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
 
263 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
264 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
265 * @group: multicast group id
266 * @flags: allocation flags
267 *
268 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
269 */
270int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
 
271			    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
272
273/**
274 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
275 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
276 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
277 */
278static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
279{
280	return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, pid);
281}
282
283/**
284 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
285 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
286 * @info: receiver information
287 */
288static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
289{
290	return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_pid);
291}
292
293/**
294 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
295 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
296 */
297static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
298{
299	return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
300}
301
302/**
303 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
304 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
305 */
306static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
307{
308	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
309							NLMSG_HDRLEN);
310	return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
311}
312
313/**
314 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
315 * @payload: length of message payload
316 */
317static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
318{
319	return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
320}
321
322/**
323 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
324 * @payload: length of message payload
325 */
326static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
327{
328	return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
329}
330
331/**
332 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
333 * @payload: size of the message payload
334 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
335 */
336static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
337{
338	return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
339}
340
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
341
342#endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
v3.15
  1#ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  2#define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  3
  4#include <linux/genetlink.h>
  5#include <net/netlink.h>
  6#include <net/net_namespace.h>
  7
  8#define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)
  9
 10/**
 11 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
 12 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
 
 
 
 
 13 */
 14struct genl_multicast_group {
 
 
 15	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 
 16};
 17
 18struct genl_ops;
 19struct genl_info;
 20
 21/**
 22 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
 23 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
 24 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
 25 * @name: name of family
 26 * @version: protocol version
 27 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
 28 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
 29 *	namespaces and should be presented in all of them
 30 * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
 31 *	do additional, common, filtering and return an error
 32 * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
 33 *	undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
 34 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
 
 35 * @family_list: family list
 36 * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private)
 37 * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups (private)
 38 * @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family
 39 * @ops: the operations supported by this family (private)
 40 * @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family (private)
 41 */
 42struct genl_family {
 43	unsigned int		id;
 44	unsigned int		hdrsize;
 45	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 46	unsigned int		version;
 47	unsigned int		maxattr;
 48	bool			netnsok;
 49	bool			parallel_ops;
 50	int			(*pre_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 51					    struct sk_buff *skb,
 52					    struct genl_info *info);
 53	void			(*post_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 54					     struct sk_buff *skb,
 55					     struct genl_info *info);
 56	struct nlattr **	attrbuf;	/* private */
 57	const struct genl_ops *	ops;		/* private */
 58	const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps; /* private */
 59	unsigned int		n_ops;		/* private */
 60	unsigned int		n_mcgrps;	/* private */
 61	unsigned int		mcgrp_offset;	/* private */
 62	struct list_head	family_list;	/* private */
 63	struct module		*module;
 64};
 65
 66/**
 67 * struct genl_info - receiving information
 68 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
 69 * @snd_portid: netlink portid of sender
 70 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
 71 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
 72 * @userhdr: user specific header
 73 * @attrs: netlink attributes
 74 * @_net: network namespace
 75 * @user_ptr: user pointers
 76 * @dst_sk: destination socket
 77 */
 78struct genl_info {
 79	u32			snd_seq;
 80	u32			snd_portid;
 81	struct nlmsghdr *	nlhdr;
 82	struct genlmsghdr *	genlhdr;
 83	void *			userhdr;
 84	struct nlattr **	attrs;
 85#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 86	struct net *		_net;
 87#endif
 88	void *			user_ptr[2];
 89	struct sock *		dst_sk;
 90};
 91
 92static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
 93{
 94	return read_pnet(&info->_net);
 95}
 96
 97static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
 98{
 99	write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
100}
101
102/**
103 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
104 * @cmd: command identifier
105 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
106 * @flags: flags
107 * @policy: attribute validation policy
108 * @doit: standard command callback
109 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
110 * @done: completion callback for dumps
111 * @ops_list: operations list
112 */
113struct genl_ops {
 
 
 
114	const struct nla_policy	*policy;
115	int		       (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
116				       struct genl_info *info);
117	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
118					 struct netlink_callback *cb);
119	int		       (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
120	u8			cmd;
121	u8			internal_flags;
122	u8			flags;
123};
124
125int __genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
126
127static inline int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
128{
129	family->module = THIS_MODULE;
130	return __genl_register_family(family);
131}
 
 
 
132
133/**
134 * genl_register_family_with_ops - register a generic netlink family with ops
 
 
 
135 * @family: generic netlink family
136 * @ops: operations to be registered
137 * @n_ops: number of elements to register
138 *
139 * Registers the specified family and operations from the specified table.
140 * Only one family may be registered with the same family name or identifier.
141 *
142 * The family id may equal GENL_ID_GENERATE causing an unique id to
143 * be automatically generated and assigned.
144 *
145 * Either a doit or dumpit callback must be specified for every registered
146 * operation or the function will fail. Only one operation structure per
147 * command identifier may be registered.
148 *
149 * See include/net/genetlink.h for more documenation on the operations
150 * structure.
151 *
152 * Return 0 on success or a negative error code.
153 */
154static inline int
155_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps(struct genl_family *family,
156				    const struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops,
157				    const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps,
158				    size_t n_mcgrps)
159{
160	family->module = THIS_MODULE;
161	family->ops = ops;
162	family->n_ops = n_ops;
163	family->mcgrps = mcgrps;
164	family->n_mcgrps = n_mcgrps;
165	return __genl_register_family(family);
166}
167
168#define genl_register_family_with_ops(family, ops)			\
169	_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family),			\
170					    (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops),	\
171					    NULL, 0)
172#define genl_register_family_with_ops_groups(family, ops, grps)	\
173	_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family),			\
174					    (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops),	\
175					    (grps), ARRAY_SIZE(grps))
176
177int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
178void genl_notify(struct genl_family *family,
179		 struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 portid,
180		 u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
181
182struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new_unicast(size_t payload, struct genl_info *info,
183				    gfp_t flags);
184void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
185		  struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
186
187/**
188 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
189 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
190 * @family: generic netlink family
191 *
192 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
193 */
194static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
195					     struct genl_family *family)
196{
197	return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
198				   family->hdrsize -
199				   GENL_HDRLEN -
200				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
201}
202
203/**
204 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
205 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
206 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
207 * @family: generic netlink family
208 *
209 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
210 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
211 */
212static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
213					      void *user_hdr,
214					      struct genl_family *family)
215{
216	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
217}
218
219/**
220 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
221 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
222 * @info: receiver info
223 * @family: generic netlink family
224 * @flags: netlink message flags
225 * @cmd: generic netlink command
226 *
227 * Returns pointer to user specific header
228 */
229static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
230				      struct genl_info *info,
231				      struct genl_family *family,
232				      int flags, u8 cmd)
233{
234	return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, family,
235			   flags, cmd);
236}
237
238/**
239 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
240 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
241 * @hdr: user specific header
242 */
243static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
244{
245	return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
246}
247
248/**
249 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
250 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
251 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
252 */
253static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
254{
255	if (hdr)
256		nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
257}
258
259/**
260 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
261 * @family: the generic netlink family
262 * @net: the net namespace
263 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
264 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
265 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
266 * @flags: allocation flags
267 */
268static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct genl_family *family,
269					  struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
270					  u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
271{
272	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
273		return -EINVAL;
274	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
275	return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
276}
277
278/**
279 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
280 * @family: the generic netlink family
281 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
282 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
283 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
284 * @flags: allocation flags
285 */
286static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct genl_family *family,
287				    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
288				    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
289{
290	return genlmsg_multicast_netns(family, &init_net, skb,
291				       portid, group, flags);
292}
293
294/**
295 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
296 * @family: the generic netlink family
297 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
298 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
299 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
300 * @flags: allocation flags
301 *
302 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
303 */
304int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct genl_family *family,
305			    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
306			    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
307
308/**
309 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
310 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
311 * @portid: netlink portid of the destination socket
312 */
313static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid)
314{
315	return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid);
316}
317
318/**
319 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
320 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
321 * @info: receiver information
322 */
323static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
324{
325	return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_portid);
326}
327
328/**
329 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
330 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
331 */
332static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
333{
334	return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
335}
336
337/**
338 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
339 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
340 */
341static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
342{
343	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
344							NLMSG_HDRLEN);
345	return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
346}
347
348/**
349 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
350 * @payload: length of message payload
351 */
352static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
353{
354	return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
355}
356
357/**
358 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
359 * @payload: length of message payload
360 */
361static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
362{
363	return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
364}
365
366/**
367 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
368 * @payload: size of the message payload
369 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
370 */
371static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
372{
373	return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
374}
375
376/**
377 * genl_set_err - report error to genetlink broadcast listeners
378 * @family: the generic netlink family
379 * @net: the network namespace to report the error to
380 * @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
381 * @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
382 * 	(this is the offset of the multicast group in the groups array)
383 * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
384 *
385 * This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the
386 * NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option.
387 */
388static inline int genl_set_err(struct genl_family *family, struct net *net,
389			       u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
390{
391	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
392		return -EINVAL;
393	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
394	return netlink_set_err(net->genl_sock, portid, group, code);
395}
396
397#endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */