Tools: hv: use full nlmsghdr in netlink_send
There is no need to have a nlmsghdr pointer to another temporary buffer.
Instead use a full struct nlmsghdr.
Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index dca06a2..8fd9ec6 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -1392,23 +1392,18 @@
static int
netlink_send(int fd, struct cn_msg *msg)
{
- struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ struct nlmsghdr nlh = { .nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE };
unsigned int size;
struct msghdr message;
- char buffer[64];
struct iovec iov[2];
size = sizeof(struct cn_msg) + msg->len;
- nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buffer;
- nlh->nlmsg_seq = 0;
- nlh->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
- nlh->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
- nlh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size - sizeof(*nlh));
- nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+ nlh.nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+ nlh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size);
- iov[0].iov_base = nlh;
- iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(*nlh);
+ iov[0].iov_base = &nlh;
+ iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(nlh);
iov[1].iov_base = msg;
iov[1].iov_len = size;
diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
index 7cd2544..8611962 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
@@ -105,23 +105,18 @@
static int netlink_send(int fd, struct cn_msg *msg)
{
- struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ struct nlmsghdr nlh = { .nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE };
unsigned int size;
struct msghdr message;
- char buffer[64];
struct iovec iov[2];
size = sizeof(struct cn_msg) + msg->len;
- nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buffer;
- nlh->nlmsg_seq = 0;
- nlh->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
- nlh->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
- nlh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size - sizeof(*nlh));
- nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+ nlh.nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+ nlh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size);
- iov[0].iov_base = nlh;
- iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(*nlh);
+ iov[0].iov_base = &nlh;
+ iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(nlh);
iov[1].iov_base = msg;
iov[1].iov_len = size;