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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netlink.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/netlink.h14
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c2
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/af_netlink.c3
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 75d7de34c908..abe91ed6b9aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -351,5 +351,6 @@ bool netlink_ns_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
bool netlink_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
bool netlink_net_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
+struct sk_buff *netlink_alloc_large_skb(unsigned int size, int broadcast);
#endif /* __LINUX_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 83bdf787aeee..167b91348e57 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -1011,6 +1011,20 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
}
/**
+ * nlmsg_new_large - Allocate a new netlink message with non-contiguous
+ * physical memory
+ * @payload: size of the message payload
+ *
+ * The allocated skb is unable to have frag page for shinfo->frags*,
+ * as the NULL setting for skb->head in netlink_skb_destructor() will
+ * bypass most of the handling in skb_release_data()
+ */
+static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new_large(size_t payload)
+{
+ return netlink_alloc_large_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), 0);
+}
+
+/**
* nlmsg_end - Finalize a netlink message
* @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
* @nlh: netlink message header
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e8431c6c8490..592164c2a540 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@ static int rtnl_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
goto out;
err = -ENOBUFS;
- nskb = nlmsg_new(if_nlmsg_size(dev, ext_filter_mask), GFP_KERNEL);
+ nskb = nlmsg_new_large(if_nlmsg_size(dev, ext_filter_mask));
if (nskb == NULL)
goto out;
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index eb086b06d60d..177126fb0484 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1204,8 +1204,7 @@ struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)
return sock;
}
-static struct sk_buff *netlink_alloc_large_skb(unsigned int size,
- int broadcast)
+struct sk_buff *netlink_alloc_large_skb(unsigned int size, int broadcast)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
void *data;