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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 61cb7e7cc3c7..a9be2c161702 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2245,8 +2245,8 @@ static int rtnl_dump_all(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
return skb->len;
}
-void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
- gfp_t flags)
+struct sk_buff *rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(int type, struct net_device *dev,
+ unsigned int change, gfp_t flags)
{
struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2264,11 +2264,28 @@ void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
kfree_skb(skb);
goto errout;
}
- rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
- return;
+ return skb;
errout:
if (err < 0)
rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_LINK, err);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+void rtmsg_ifinfo_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+
+ rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
+}
+
+void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
+ gfp_t flags)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, flags);
+ if (skb)
+ rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);