[RTNETLINK]: Add rtnetlink notification interface
Adds rtnl_notify() to send rtnetlink notification messages and
rtnl_set_sk_err() to report notification errors as socket
errors in order to indicate the need of a resync due to loss
of events.
nlmsg_report() is added to properly document the meaning of
NLM_F_ECHO.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index b154b81..bf593eb 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
* nlmsg_validate() validate netlink message incl. attrs
* nlmsg_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
*
+ * Misc:
+ * nlmsg_report() report back to application?
+ *
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Attributes Interface
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@
struct nlmsghdr *, int *));
extern void netlink_queue_skip(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
+ gfp_t flags);
extern int nla_validate(struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
struct nla_policy *policy);
@@ -376,6 +382,17 @@
}
/**
+ * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
+ * @nlh: netlink message header
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
+ */
+static inline int nlmsg_report(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+ return !!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO);
+}
+
+/**
* nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
* @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
* @nlh: netlink message header