From 74d23cc704d19732e70ef1579a669f7d5f09dd9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:46:56 +0100
Subject: time: move the timecounter/cyclecounter code into its own file.

The timecounter code has almost nothing to do with the clocksource
code. Let it live in its own file. This will help isolate the
timecounter users from the clocksource users in the source tree.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 kernel/time/Makefile      |  2 +-
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 76 -------------------------------------
 kernel/time/timecounter.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 kernel/time/timecounter.c

(limited to 'kernel')

diff --git a/kernel/time/Makefile b/kernel/time/Makefile
index f622cf28628a..c09c07817d7a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/time/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 obj-y += time.o timer.o hrtimer.o itimer.o posix-timers.o posix-cpu-timers.o
 obj-y += timekeeping.o ntp.o clocksource.o jiffies.o timer_list.o
-obj-y += timeconv.o posix-clock.o alarmtimer.o
+obj-y += timeconv.o timecounter.o posix-clock.o alarmtimer.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD)		+= clockevents.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS)		+= tick-common.o
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index b79f39bda7e1..4892352f0e49 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -34,82 +34,6 @@
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 #include "timekeeping_internal.h"
 
-void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
-		      const struct cyclecounter *cc,
-		      u64 start_tstamp)
-{
-	tc->cc = cc;
-	tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc);
-	tc->nsec = start_tstamp;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_init);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_read_delta - get nanoseconds since last call of this function
- * @tc:         Pointer to time counter
- *
- * When the underlying cycle counter runs over, this will be handled
- * correctly as long as it does not run over more than once between
- * calls.
- *
- * The first call to this function for a new time counter initializes
- * the time tracking and returns an undefined result.
- */
-static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc)
-{
-	cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
-	u64 ns_offset;
-
-	/* read cycle counter: */
-	cycle_now = tc->cc->read(tc->cc);
-
-	/* calculate the delta since the last timecounter_read_delta(): */
-	cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
-
-	/* convert to nanoseconds: */
-	ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
-
-	/* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */
-	tc->cycle_last = cycle_now;
-
-	return ns_offset;
-}
-
-u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc)
-{
-	u64 nsec;
-
-	/* increment time by nanoseconds since last call */
-	nsec = timecounter_read_delta(tc);
-	nsec += tc->nsec;
-	tc->nsec = nsec;
-
-	return nsec;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_read);
-
-u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
-			 cycle_t cycle_tstamp)
-{
-	u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
-	u64 nsec;
-
-	/*
-	 * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent
-	 * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the
-	 * future and treat it as old time stamp instead.
-	 */
-	if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
-		cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
-		nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
-	} else {
-		nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec;
-	}
-
-	return nsec;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
-
 /**
  * clocks_calc_mult_shift - calculate mult/shift factors for scaled math of clocks
  * @mult:	pointer to mult variable
diff --git a/kernel/time/timecounter.c b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59a1ec3a57cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * linux/kernel/time/timecounter.c
+ *
+ * based on code that migrated away from
+ * linux/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
+
+void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
+		      const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+		      u64 start_tstamp)
+{
+	tc->cc = cc;
+	tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc);
+	tc->nsec = start_tstamp;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_init);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_read_delta - get nanoseconds since last call of this function
+ * @tc:         Pointer to time counter
+ *
+ * When the underlying cycle counter runs over, this will be handled
+ * correctly as long as it does not run over more than once between
+ * calls.
+ *
+ * The first call to this function for a new time counter initializes
+ * the time tracking and returns an undefined result.
+ */
+static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc)
+{
+	cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
+	u64 ns_offset;
+
+	/* read cycle counter: */
+	cycle_now = tc->cc->read(tc->cc);
+
+	/* calculate the delta since the last timecounter_read_delta(): */
+	cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
+
+	/* convert to nanoseconds: */
+	ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+
+	/* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */
+	tc->cycle_last = cycle_now;
+
+	return ns_offset;
+}
+
+u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc)
+{
+	u64 nsec;
+
+	/* increment time by nanoseconds since last call */
+	nsec = timecounter_read_delta(tc);
+	nsec += tc->nsec;
+	tc->nsec = nsec;
+
+	return nsec;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_read);
+
+u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
+			 cycle_t cycle_tstamp)
+{
+	u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
+	u64 nsec;
+
+	/*
+	 * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent
+	 * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the
+	 * future and treat it as old time stamp instead.
+	 */
+	if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
+		cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
+		nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+	} else {
+		nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec;
+	}
+
+	return nsec;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
-- 
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From 2eebdde6528a722fbf8e2cffcf7aa52cbb4c2de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:47:06 +0100
Subject: timecounter: keep track of accumulated fractional nanoseconds
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The current timecounter implementation will drop a variable amount
of resolution, depending on the magnitude of the time delta. In
other words, reading the clock too often or too close to a time
stamp conversion will introduce errors into the time values. This
patch fixes the issue by introducing a fractional nanosecond field
that accumulates the low order bits.

Reported-by: Janusz Użycki <j.uzycki@elproma.com.pl>
Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c |  4 ++--
 include/linux/timecounter.h                   | 19 ++++++++++------
 kernel/time/timecounter.c                     | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c                     |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kernel')

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c
index df35d0e1b899..e9cce4f72b24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void mlx4_en_init_timestamp(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev)
 {
 	struct mlx4_dev *dev = mdev->dev;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	u64 ns;
+	u64 ns, zero = 0;
 
 	rwlock_init(&mdev->clock_lock);
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void mlx4_en_init_timestamp(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev)
 	/* Calculate period in seconds to call the overflow watchdog - to make
 	 * sure counter is checked at least once every wrap around.
 	 */
-	ns = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(&mdev->cycles, mdev->cycles.mask);
+	ns = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(&mdev->cycles, mdev->cycles.mask, zero, &zero);
 	do_div(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC / 2 / HZ);
 	mdev->overflow_period = ns;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/timecounter.h b/include/linux/timecounter.h
index af3dfa4e90f0..74f45496e6d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/timecounter.h
+++ b/include/linux/timecounter.h
@@ -55,27 +55,32 @@ struct cyclecounter {
  * @cycle_last:		most recent cycle counter value seen by
  *			timecounter_read()
  * @nsec:		continuously increasing count
+ * @mask:		bit mask for maintaining the 'frac' field
+ * @frac:		accumulated fractional nanoseconds
  */
 struct timecounter {
 	const struct cyclecounter *cc;
 	cycle_t cycle_last;
 	u64 nsec;
+	u64 mask;
+	u64 frac;
 };
 
 /**
  * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds
  * @cc:		Pointer to cycle counter.
  * @cycles:	Cycles
- *
- * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code
- * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result.
+ * @mask:	bit mask for maintaining the 'frac' field
+ * @frac:	pointer to storage for the fractional nanoseconds.
  */
 static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
-				      cycle_t cycles)
+				      cycle_t cycles, u64 mask, u64 *frac)
 {
-	u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
-	ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift;
-	return ret;
+	u64 ns = (u64) cycles;
+
+	ns = (ns * cc->mult) + *frac;
+	*frac = ns & mask;
+	return ns >> cc->shift;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/time/timecounter.c b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
index 59a1ec3a57cb..4687b3104bae 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timecounter.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
 	tc->cc = cc;
 	tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc);
 	tc->nsec = start_tstamp;
+	tc->mask = (1ULL << cc->shift) - 1;
+	tc->frac = 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_init);
 
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc)
 	cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
 
 	/* convert to nanoseconds: */
-	ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+	ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta,
+					tc->mask, &tc->frac);
 
 	/* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */
 	tc->cycle_last = cycle_now;
@@ -72,22 +75,36 @@ u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_read);
 
+/*
+ * This is like cyclecounter_cyc2ns(), but it is used for computing a
+ * time previous to the time stored in the cycle counter.
+ */
+static u64 cc_cyc2ns_backwards(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+			       cycle_t cycles, u64 mask, u64 frac)
+{
+	u64 ns = (u64) cycles;
+
+	ns = ((ns * cc->mult) - frac) >> cc->shift;
+
+	return ns;
+}
+
 u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
 			 cycle_t cycle_tstamp)
 {
-	u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
-	u64 nsec;
+	u64 delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
+	u64 nsec = tc->nsec, frac = tc->frac;
 
 	/*
 	 * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent
 	 * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the
 	 * future and treat it as old time stamp instead.
 	 */
-	if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
-		cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
-		nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+	if (delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
+		delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
+		nsec -= cc_cyc2ns_backwards(tc->cc, delta, tc->mask, frac);
 	} else {
-		nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec;
+		nsec += cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, delta, tc->mask, &frac);
 	}
 
 	return nsec;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
index 1c0772b340d8..6e54f3542126 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ void kvm_timer_sync_hwstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ns = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(timecounter->cc, cval - now);
+	ns = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(timecounter->cc, cval - now, timecounter->mask,
+				 &timecounter->frac);
 	timer_arm(timer, ns);
 }
 
-- 
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From 113948d841e8d78039e5dbbb5248f5b73e99eafa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 23:00:19 +0100
Subject: spinlock: Add spin_lock_bh_nested()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 include/linux/spinlock.h         | 8 ++++++++
 include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h | 2 ++
 include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h  | 1 +
 kernel/locking/spinlock.c        | 8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

(limited to 'kernel')

diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 262ba4ef9a8e..3e18379dfa6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static inline void do_raw_spin_unlock(raw_spinlock_t *lock) __releases(lock)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 # define raw_spin_lock_nested(lock, subclass) \
 	_raw_spin_lock_nested(lock, subclass)
+# define raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(lock, subclass) \
+	_raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(lock, subclass)
 
 # define raw_spin_lock_nest_lock(lock, nest_lock)			\
 	 do {								\
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ static inline void do_raw_spin_unlock(raw_spinlock_t *lock) __releases(lock)
 # define raw_spin_lock_nested(lock, subclass)		\
 	_raw_spin_lock(((void)(subclass), (lock)))
 # define raw_spin_lock_nest_lock(lock, nest_lock)	_raw_spin_lock(lock)
+# define raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(lock, subclass)	_raw_spin_lock_bh(lock)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK)
@@ -324,6 +327,11 @@ do {								\
 	raw_spin_lock_nested(spinlock_check(lock), subclass);	\
 } while (0)
 
+#define spin_lock_bh_nested(lock, subclass)			\
+do {								\
+	raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(spinlock_check(lock), subclass);\
+} while (0)
+
 #define spin_lock_nest_lock(lock, nest_lock)				\
 do {									\
 	raw_spin_lock_nest_lock(spinlock_check(lock), nest_lock);	\
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
index 42dfab89e740..5344268e6e62 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ int in_lock_functions(unsigned long addr);
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)		__acquires(lock);
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock, int subclass)
 								__acquires(lock);
+void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock, int subclass)
+								__acquires(lock);
 void __lockfunc
 _raw_spin_lock_nest_lock(raw_spinlock_t *lock, struct lockdep_map *map)
 								__acquires(lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h b/include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h
index d0d188861ad6..d3afef9d8dbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 #define _raw_spin_lock(lock)			__LOCK(lock)
 #define _raw_spin_lock_nested(lock, subclass)	__LOCK(lock)
+#define _raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(lock, subclass) __LOCK(lock)
 #define _raw_read_lock(lock)			__LOCK(lock)
 #define _raw_write_lock(lock)			__LOCK(lock)
 #define _raw_spin_lock_bh(lock)			__LOCK_BH(lock)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/spinlock.c b/kernel/locking/spinlock.c
index 4b082b5cac9e..db3ccb1dd614 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/spinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/spinlock.c
@@ -363,6 +363,14 @@ void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock, int subclass)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_raw_spin_lock_nested);
 
+void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_bh_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock, int subclass)
+{
+	__local_bh_disable_ip(_RET_IP_, SOFTIRQ_LOCK_OFFSET);
+	spin_acquire(&lock->dep_map, subclass, 0, _RET_IP_);
+	LOCK_CONTENDED(lock, do_raw_spin_trylock, do_raw_spin_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(_raw_spin_lock_bh_nested);
+
 unsigned long __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock,
 						   int subclass)
 {
-- 
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From 053c095a82cf773075e83d7233b5cc19a1f73ece Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:09:00 +0100
Subject: netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void

Contrary to common expectations for an "int" return, these functions
return only a positive value -- if used correctly they cannot even
return 0 because the message header will necessarily be in the skb.

This makes the very common pattern of

  if (genlmsg_end(...) < 0) { ... }

be a whole bunch of dead code. Many places also simply do

  return nlmsg_end(...);

and the caller is expected to deal with it.

This also commonly (at least for me) causes errors, because it is very
common to write

  if (my_function(...))
    /* error condition */

and if my_function() does "return nlmsg_end()" this is of course wrong.

Additionally, there's not a single place in the kernel that actually
needs the message length returned, and if anyone needs it later then
it'll be very easy to just use skb->len there.

Remove this, and make the functions void. This removes a bunch of dead
code as described above. The patch adds lines because I did

-	return nlmsg_end(...);
+	nlmsg_end(...);
+	return 0;

I could have preserved all the function's return values by returning
skb->len, but instead I've audited all the places calling the affected
functions and found that none cared. A few places actually compared
the return value with <= 0 in dump functionality, but that could just
be changed to < 0 with no change in behaviour, so I opted for the more
efficient version.

One instance of the error I've made numerous times now is also present
in net/phonet/pn_netlink.c in the route_dumpit() function - it didn't
check for <0 or <=0 and thus broke out of the loop every single time.
I've preserved this since it will (I think) have caused the messages to
userspace to be formatted differently with just a single message for
every SKB returned to userspace. It's possible that this isn't needed
for the tools that actually use this, but I don't even know what they
are so couldn't test that changing this behaviour would be acceptable.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/acpi/event.c                  |  7 +------
 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c  |  3 ++-
 drivers/net/vxlan.c                   |  3 ++-
 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c |  3 ++-
 drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c                |  8 +-------
 drivers/target/target_core_user.c     |  4 +---
 drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c        |  6 +-----
 fs/dlm/netlink.c                      |  7 +------
 include/net/genetlink.h               |  4 ++--
 include/net/netlink.h                 |  6 +-----
 kernel/taskstats.c                    | 13 ++-----------
 net/bridge/br_fdb.c                   |  3 ++-
 net/bridge/br_mdb.c                   |  3 ++-
 net/bridge/br_netlink.c               |  3 ++-
 net/can/gw.c                          |  3 ++-
 net/core/fib_rules.c                  |  3 ++-
 net/core/neighbour.c                  | 12 ++++++++----
 net/core/rtnetlink.c                  |  9 ++++++---
 net/decnet/dn_dev.c                   |  3 ++-
 net/decnet/dn_route.c                 |  3 ++-
 net/decnet/dn_table.c                 |  3 ++-
 net/ieee802154/netlink.c              | 12 ++----------
 net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c               |  3 ++-
 net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c               |  3 ++-
 net/ieee802154/nl802154.c             |  6 ++++--
 net/ipv4/devinet.c                    |  8 +++++---
 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c              |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c                  |  9 ++++++---
 net/ipv4/ipmr.c                       |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/route.c                      |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c                |  3 ++-
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c                   | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c                  |  5 +++--
 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c                    |  1 -
 net/ipv6/ip6mr.c                      |  3 ++-
 net/ipv6/route.c                      |  3 ++-
 net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c               | 10 ++++++----
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c        |  9 ++++++---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c         | 18 ++++++++++++------
 net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c      |  3 ++-
 net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c          |  6 ++++--
 net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c     |  3 ++-
 net/netlink/diag.c                    |  3 ++-
 net/netlink/genetlink.c               |  6 ++++--
 net/nfc/netlink.c                     | 12 +++++++-----
 net/openvswitch/datapath.c            |  9 ++++++---
 net/packet/diag.c                     |  3 ++-
 net/phonet/pn_netlink.c               | 16 +++++++++++-----
 net/unix/diag.c                       |  3 ++-
 net/wireless/nl80211.c                | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c                  | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 51 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kernel')

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/event.c b/drivers/acpi/event.c
index ef2d730734dc..e24ea4e796e4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/event.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/event.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char *device_class,
 	struct acpi_genl_event *event;
 	void *msg_header;
 	int size;
-	int result;
 
 	/* allocate memory */
 	size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct acpi_genl_event)) +
@@ -137,11 +136,7 @@ int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char *device_class,
 	event->data = data;
 
 	/* send multicast genetlink message */
-	result = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return result;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
 
 	genlmsg_multicast(&acpi_event_genl_family, skb, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
index 964d719b150f..d54781e71cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
@@ -3674,7 +3674,8 @@ static int rocker_fdb_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (vid && nla_put_u16(skb, NDA_VLAN, vid))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 6b6b45622a0a..c5f79e7513a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_CACHEINFO, sizeof(ci), &ci))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 494e7335aa64..4a4c6586a8d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,8 @@ static int mac80211_hwsim_get_radio(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 out_err:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index 8c27b6a77ec4..cf222f46eac5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -1473,13 +1473,7 @@ static int pmcraid_notify_aen(
 	}
 
 	/* send genetlink multicast message to notify appplications */
-	result = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
-
-	if (result < 0) {
-		pmcraid_err("genlmsg_end failed\n");
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return result;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
 
 	result = genlmsg_multicast(&pmcraid_event_family, skb,
 				   0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 1157b559683b..1a1bcf71ec9d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -784,9 +784,7 @@ static int tcmu_netlink_event(enum tcmu_genl_cmd cmd, const char *name, int mino
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto free_skb;
 
-	ret = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto free_skb;
+	genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
 
 	ret = genlmsg_multicast(&tcmu_genl_family, skb, 0,
 				TCMU_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 87e0b0782023..48491d1a81d6 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1759,11 +1759,7 @@ int thermal_generate_netlink_event(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	thermal_event->event = event;
 
 	/* send multicast genetlink message */
-	result = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return result;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
 
 	result = genlmsg_multicast(&thermal_event_genl_family, skb, 0,
 				   0, GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/netlink.c b/fs/dlm/netlink.c
index e7cfbaf8d0e2..1e6e227134d7 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/netlink.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/netlink.c
@@ -56,13 +56,8 @@ static int send_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct genlmsghdr *genlhdr = nlmsg_data((struct nlmsghdr *)skb->data);
 	void *data = genlmsg_data(genlhdr);
-	int rv;
 
-	rv = genlmsg_end(skb, data);
-	if (rv < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return rv;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, data);
 
 	return genlmsg_unicast(&init_net, skb, listener_nlportid);
 }
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 84125088c309..f24aa83b80b6 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
  * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
  * @hdr: user specific header
  */
-static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
+static inline void genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
 {
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index d5869b90bfbb..e010ee8da41d 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -490,14 +490,10 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
  * Corrects the netlink message header to include the appeneded
  * attributes. Only necessary if attributes have been added to
  * the message.
- *
- * Returns the total data length of the skb.
  */
-static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+static inline void nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)nlh;
-
-	return skb->len;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 670fff88a961..21f82c29c914 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -111,13 +111,8 @@ static int send_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct genlmsghdr *genlhdr = nlmsg_data(nlmsg_hdr(skb));
 	void *reply = genlmsg_data(genlhdr);
-	int rc;
 
-	rc = genlmsg_end(skb, reply);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return rc;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, reply);
 
 	return genlmsg_reply(skb, info);
 }
@@ -134,11 +129,7 @@ static void send_cpu_listeners(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	void *reply = genlmsg_data(genlhdr);
 	int rc, delcount = 0;
 
-	rc = genlmsg_end(skb, reply);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return;
-	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, reply);
 
 	rc = 0;
 	down_read(&listeners->sem);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
index 03667e65cc29..08bf04bdac58 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ static int fdb_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_bridge *br,
 	if (fdb->vlan_id && nla_put(skb, NDA_VLAN, sizeof(u16), &fdb->vlan_id))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index fed61c971b17..409608960899 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ static int nlmsg_populate_mdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest2);
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 end:
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 163950b10d8c..528cf2790a5f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ static int br_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 done:
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/can/gw.c b/net/can/gw.c
index 295f62e62eb3..a6f448e18ea8 100644
--- a/net/can/gw.c
+++ b/net/can/gw.c
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ static int cgw_put_job(struct sk_buff *skb, struct cgw_job *gwj, int type,
 			goto cancel;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 cancel:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 185c341fafbd..44706e81b2e0 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ static int fib_nl_fill_rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib_rule *rule,
 	if (ops->fill(rule, skb, frh) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 8d614c93f86a..d36d564f149f 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1884,7 +1884,8 @@ static int neightbl_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neigh_table *tbl,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	read_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	read_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
@@ -1917,7 +1918,8 @@ static int neightbl_fill_param_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto errout;
 
 	read_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 errout:
 	read_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2202,7 +2204,8 @@ static int neigh_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neighbour *neigh,
 	    nla_put(skb, NDA_CACHEINFO, sizeof(ci), &ci))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2232,7 +2235,8 @@ static int pneigh_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct pneigh_entry *pn,
 	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_DST, tbl->key_len, pn->key))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index eadc5c0e2dfa..e13b9dbdf154 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, af_spec);
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2326,7 +2327,8 @@ static int nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_LLADDR, ETH_ALEN, addr))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2809,7 +2811,8 @@ int ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, protinfo);
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index 4400da7739da..b2c26b081134 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@ static int dn_nl_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dn_ifaddr *ifa,
 	     nla_put_string(skb, IFA_LABEL, ifa->ifa_label)) ||
 	     nla_put_u32(skb, IFA_FLAGS, ifa_flags))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index daccc4a36d80..812e5e6e88fb 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,8 @@ static int dn_rt_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, rt->fld.flowidn_iif) < 0)
 		goto errout;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 errout:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_table.c b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
index 3f19fcbf126d..1540b506e3e0 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_table.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ static int dn_fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 		nla_nest_end(skb, mp_head);
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 errout:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/netlink.c b/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
index fa1464762d0d..c8133c07ceee 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
@@ -63,13 +63,9 @@ int ieee802154_nl_mcast(struct sk_buff *msg, unsigned int group)
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(msg);
 	void *hdr = genlmsg_data(nlmsg_data(nlh));
 
-	if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0)
-		goto out;
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 
 	return genlmsg_multicast(&nl802154_family, msg, 0, group, GFP_ATOMIC);
-out:
-	nlmsg_free(msg);
-	return -ENOBUFS;
 }
 
 struct sk_buff *ieee802154_nl_new_reply(struct genl_info *info,
@@ -96,13 +92,9 @@ int ieee802154_nl_reply(struct sk_buff *msg, struct genl_info *info)
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(msg);
 	void *hdr = genlmsg_data(nlmsg_data(nlh));
 
-	if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0)
-		goto out;
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 
 	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
-out:
-	nlmsg_free(msg);
-	return -ENOBUFS;
 }
 
 static const struct genl_ops ieee8021154_ops[] = {
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c b/net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c
index 3c902e9516fb..9105265920fe 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ static int ieee802154_nl_fill_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
 	}
 
 	wpan_phy_put(phy);
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	wpan_phy_put(phy);
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
index 7baf98b14611..1b9d25f6e898 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static int ieee802154_nl_fill_phy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	mutex_unlock(&phy->pib_lock);
 	kfree(buf);
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	mutex_unlock(&phy->pib_lock);
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
index a25b9bbd077b..a4daf91b8d0a 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ static int nl802154_send_wpan_phy(struct cfg802154_registered_device *rdev,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 finish:
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -489,7 +490,8 @@ nl802154_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flags,
 	if (nla_put_u8(msg, NL802154_ATTR_LBT_MODE, wpan_dev->lbt))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 214882e7d6de..5f344eb3fc25 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,8 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 			  preferred, valid))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -1566,7 +1567,7 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				if (inet_fill_ifaddr(skb, ifa,
 					     NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					     cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
-					     RTM_NEWADDR, NLM_F_MULTI) <= 0) {
+					     RTM_NEWADDR, NLM_F_MULTI) < 0) {
 					rcu_read_unlock();
 					goto done;
 				}
@@ -1749,7 +1750,8 @@ static int inet_netconf_fill_devconf(struct sk_buff *skb, int ifindex,
 			IPV4_DEVCONF(*devconf, PROXY_ARP)) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index d2b7b5521b1b..265cb72b7c1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,8 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 		nla_nest_end(skb, mp);
 	}
 #endif
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index e34dccbc4d70..81751f12645f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ int inet_sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
 		icsk->icsk_ca_ops->get_info(sk, ext, skb);
 
 out:
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 errout:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -271,7 +272,8 @@ static int inet_twsk_diag_fill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -758,7 +760,8 @@ static int inet_diag_fill_req(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int inet_diag_dump_reqs(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index c8034587859d..9d78427652d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,8 @@ static int ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err < 0 && err != -ENOENT)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index ce112d0f2698..f6e43ca5e641 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2390,7 +2390,8 @@ static int rt_fill_info(struct net *net,  __be32 dst, __be32 src,
 	if (rtnl_put_cacheinfo(skb, &rt->dst, 0, expires, error) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index ed9c9a91851c..e5f41bd5ec1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ static int tcp_metrics_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tcp_metrics_fill_info(skb, tm) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f7c8bbeb27b7..8975d9501d50 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ static int inet6_netconf_fill_devconf(struct sk_buff *skb, int ifindex,
 	    nla_put_s32(skb, NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH, devconf->proxy_ndp) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -619,7 +620,7 @@ static int inet6_netconf_dump_devconf(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						       cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						       RTM_NEWNETCONF,
 						       NLM_F_MULTI,
-						       -1) <= 0) {
+						       -1) < 0) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				goto done;
 			}
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ cont:
 					       NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					       cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 					       RTM_NEWNETCONF, NLM_F_MULTI,
-					       -1) <= 0)
+					       -1) < 0)
 			goto done;
 		else
 			h++;
@@ -646,7 +647,7 @@ cont:
 					       NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					       cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 					       RTM_NEWNETCONF, NLM_F_MULTI,
-					       -1) <= 0)
+					       -1) < 0)
 			goto done;
 		else
 			h++;
@@ -4047,7 +4048,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa,
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFA_FLAGS, ifa->flags) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 error:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -4076,7 +4078,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifmcaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifmcaddr6 *ifmca,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int inet6_fill_ifacaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifacaddr6 *ifaca,
@@ -4101,7 +4104,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifacaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifacaddr6 *ifaca,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 enum addr_type_t {
@@ -4134,7 +4138,7 @@ static int in6_dump_addrs(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						RTM_NEWADDR,
 						NLM_F_MULTI);
-			if (err <= 0)
+			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 			nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(skb));
 		}
@@ -4151,7 +4155,7 @@ static int in6_dump_addrs(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						  cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						  RTM_GETMULTICAST,
 						  NLM_F_MULTI);
-			if (err <= 0)
+			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -4166,7 +4170,7 @@ static int in6_dump_addrs(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						  cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						  RTM_GETANYCAST,
 						  NLM_F_MULTI);
-			if (err <= 0)
+			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -4638,7 +4642,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, protoinfo);
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -4670,7 +4675,7 @@ static int inet6_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			if (inet6_fill_ifinfo(skb, idev,
 					      NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					      cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
-					      RTM_NEWLINK, NLM_F_MULTI) <= 0)
+					      RTM_NEWLINK, NLM_F_MULTI) < 0)
 				goto out;
 cont:
 			idx++;
@@ -4747,7 +4752,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_prefix(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 	ci.valid_time = ntohl(pinfo->valid);
 	if (nla_put(skb, PREFIX_CACHEINFO, sizeof(ci), &ci))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
index fd0dc47f471d..e43e79d0a612 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ip6addrlbl_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 					      cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 					      RTM_NEWADDRLABEL,
 					      NLM_F_MULTI);
-			if (err <= 0)
+			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		idx++;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 03c520a4ebeb..53775ee7d376 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ static int fib6_dump_node(struct fib6_walker *w)
 			w->leaf = rt;
 			return 1;
 		}
-		WARN_ON(res == 0);
 	}
 	w->leaf = NULL;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 722669754bbf..34b682617f50 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -2388,7 +2388,8 @@ static int ip6mr_fill_mroute(struct mr6_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err < 0 && err != -ENOENT)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 34dcbb59df75..c60f15775c53 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2725,7 +2725,8 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 	if (rtnl_put_cacheinfo(skb, &rt->dst, 0, expires, rt->dst.error) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 6b16598f31d5..b4e923f77954 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ static int l2tp_nl_tunnel_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int fla
 	}
 
 out:
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 
 		if (l2tp_nl_tunnel_send(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
-					tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_GET) <= 0)
+					tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_GET) < 0)
 			goto out;
 
 		ti++;
@@ -752,7 +753,8 @@ static int l2tp_nl_session_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int fl
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
@@ -816,7 +818,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 
 		if (l2tp_nl_session_send(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
-					 session, L2TP_CMD_SESSION_GET) <= 0)
+					 session, L2TP_CMD_SESSION_GET) < 0)
 			break;
 
 		si++;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index b8295a430a56..e55759056361 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -2887,7 +2887,8 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_dump_service(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (ip_vs_genl_fill_service(skb, svc) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
@@ -3079,7 +3080,8 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_dump_dest(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_dest *dest,
 	if (ip_vs_genl_fill_dest(skb, dest) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
@@ -3215,7 +3217,8 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_dump_daemon(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 state,
 	if (ip_vs_genl_fill_daemon(skb, state, mcast_ifn, syncid))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3b3ddb4fb9ee..70f697827b9b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_table_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_USE, htonl(table->use)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
@@ -971,7 +972,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_chain_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_USE, htonl(chain->use)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
@@ -1707,7 +1709,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_rule_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 	    nla_put(skb, NFTA_RULE_USERDATA, rule->ulen, nft_userdata(rule)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
@@ -2361,7 +2364,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_set(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nla_nest_end(skb, desc);
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
@@ -3035,7 +3039,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_setelem_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
@@ -3324,7 +3329,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_gen_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_GEN_ID, htonl(net->nft.base_seq)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
index c2f2a53a4879..179625353cac 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ static int netlbl_cipsov4_listall_cb(struct cipso_v4_doi *doi_def, void *arg)
 	if (ret_val != 0)
 		goto listall_cb_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	return 0;
 
 listall_cb_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(cb_arg->skb, data);
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
index e66e977ef2fa..8b3b789c43c2 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ static int netlbl_mgmt_listall_cb(struct netlbl_dom_map *entry, void *arg)
 		goto listall_cb_failure;
 
 	cb_arg->seq++;
-	return genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	return 0;
 
 listall_cb_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(cb_arg->skb, data);
@@ -620,7 +621,8 @@ static int netlbl_mgmt_protocols_cb(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (ret_val != 0)
 		goto protocols_cb_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, data);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, data);
+	return 0;
 
 protocols_cb_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, data);
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
index 78a63c18779e..aec7994f78cf 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,8 @@ static int netlbl_unlabel_staticlist_gen(u32 cmd,
 		goto list_cb_failure;
 
 	cb_arg->seq++;
-	return genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	genlmsg_end(cb_arg->skb, data);
+	return 0;
 
 list_cb_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(cb_arg->skb, data);
diff --git a/net/netlink/diag.c b/net/netlink/diag.c
index bb59a7ed0859..3ee63a3cff30 100644
--- a/net/netlink/diag.c
+++ b/net/netlink/diag.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	    sk_diag_put_rings_cfg(sk, skb))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 out_nlmsg_trim:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 2e11061ef885..f52a7d5734cd 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -756,7 +756,8 @@ static int ctrl_fill_info(struct genl_family *family, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 		nla_nest_end(skb, nla_grps);
 	}
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
@@ -796,7 +797,8 @@ static int ctrl_fill_mcgrp_info(struct genl_family *family,
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nla_grps);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 44989fc8cddf..be387e6219a0 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_target(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_target *target,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -518,7 +519,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_device(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_dev *dev,
 	    nla_put_u8(msg, NFC_ATTR_RF_MODE, dev->rf_mode))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -908,7 +910,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_params(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	    nla_put_u16(msg, NFC_ATTR_LLC_PARAM_MIUX, be16_to_cpu(local->miux)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 
@@ -1247,8 +1250,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_se(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_dev *dev,
 		    nla_put_u8(msg, NFC_ATTR_SE_TYPE, se->type))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
-		if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0)
-			goto nla_put_failure;
+		genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 8bda3cc12344..f45f1bf4422c 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(const struct sw_flow *flow, int dp_ifindex,
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	return 0;
 
 error:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, ovs_header);
@@ -1349,7 +1350,8 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_fill_info(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES, dp->user_features))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, ovs_header);
@@ -1723,7 +1725,8 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err == -EMSGSIZE)
 		goto error;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
diff --git a/net/packet/diag.c b/net/packet/diag.c
index 92f2c7107eec..0ed68f0238bf 100644
--- a/net/packet/diag.c
+++ b/net/packet/diag.c
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				     PACKET_DIAG_FILTER))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 out_nlmsg_trim:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c b/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
index b64151ade6b3..54d766842c2b 100644
--- a/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
+++ b/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static int fill_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u8 addr,
 	ifm->ifa_index = dev->ifindex;
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFA_LOCAL, addr))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@ static int fill_route(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u8 dst,
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, RTA_DST, dst) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -282,9 +284,13 @@ static int route_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 		if (addr_idx++ < addr_start_idx)
 			continue;
-		if (fill_route(skb, dev, addr << 2, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
-				cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, RTM_NEWROUTE))
-			goto out;
+		fill_route(skb, dev, addr << 2, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
+			   cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, RTM_NEWROUTE);
+		/* fill_route() used to return > 0 (or negative errors) but
+		 * never 0 - ignore the return value and just go out to
+		 * call dumpit again from outside to preserve the behavior
+		 */
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/net/unix/diag.c b/net/unix/diag.c
index 86fa0f3b2caf..ef542fbca9fe 100644
--- a/net/unix/diag.c
+++ b/net/unix/diag.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct unix_diag_r
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, UNIX_DIAG_SHUTDOWN, sk->sk_shutdown))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 out_nlmsg_trim:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 380784378df8..4ed9039bd5f9 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		break;
 	}
  finish:
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -2404,7 +2405,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -3825,7 +3827,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 		    sinfo->assoc_req_ies))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -4555,7 +4558,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_mpath(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 
 	nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -5507,7 +5511,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_regdom(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	    nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED_REG))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -6577,7 +6582,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_bss(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 
 	nla_nest_end(msg, bss);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  fail_unlock_rcu:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -6686,7 +6692,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_survey(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 
 	nla_nest_end(msg, infoattr);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -11025,7 +11032,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_scan_msg(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	/* ignore errors and send incomplete event anyway */
 	nl80211_add_scan_req(msg, rdev);
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -11048,7 +11056,8 @@ nl80211_send_sched_scan_msg(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, netdev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 8128594ab379..7de2ed9ec46d 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,8 @@ static int build_spdinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_set_spdinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -1121,7 +1122,8 @@ static int build_sadinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_get_sadinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -1842,7 +1844,8 @@ static int build_aevent(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cancel;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 out_cancel:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2282,7 +2285,8 @@ static int build_migrate(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xfrm_migrate *m,
 			goto out_cancel;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 
 out_cancel:
 	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
@@ -2490,7 +2494,8 @@ static int build_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_exp_state_notify(struct xfrm_state *x, const struct km_event *c)
@@ -2712,7 +2717,8 @@ static int build_acquire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_send_acquire(struct xfrm_state *x, struct xfrm_tmpl *xt,
@@ -2827,7 +2833,8 @@ static int build_polexpire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_policy *xp,
 	}
 	upe->hard = !!hard;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_exp_policy_notify(struct xfrm_policy *xp, int dir, const struct km_event *c)
@@ -2986,7 +2993,8 @@ static int build_report(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 proto,
 			return err;
 		}
 	}
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_send_report(struct net *net, u8 proto,
@@ -3031,7 +3039,8 @@ static int build_mapping(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x,
 	um->old_sport = x->encap->encap_sport;
 	um->reqid = x->props.reqid;
 
-	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_send_mapping(struct xfrm_state *x, xfrm_address_t *ipaddr,
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