genetlink: add and use genl_set_err()

Add a static inline to generic netlink to wrap netlink_set_err()
to make it easier to use here - use it in openvswitch (the only
generic netlink user of netlink_set_err()).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index d8a8b1fd96c43578379379cd78ff63cd0d1a9443..11ac77f6180cf030b9e2cdf8773fa51a06354590 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -351,5 +351,19 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
        return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ * genl_set_err - report error to genetlink broadcast listeners
+ * @net: the network namespace to report the error to
+ * @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
+ * @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
+ * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
+ *
+ * This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the
+ * NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option.
+ */
+static inline int genl_set_err(struct net *net, u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
+{
+       return netlink_set_err(net->genl_sock, portid, group, code);
+}
 
 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 8ec8b73033e0b2e6d2ad59c52931b547dbada3d5..3e2bb15fd7172465cfdfc473f7a4ffa30696f380 100644 (file)
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new_or_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
        if (!IS_ERR(reply))
                ovs_notify(reply, info, &ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group);
        else
-               netlink_set_err(sock_net(skb->sk)->genl_sock, 0,
-                               ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group.id, PTR_ERR(reply));
+               genl_set_err(sock_net(skb->sk), 0,
+                            ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group.id, PTR_ERR(reply));
        return 0;
 
 err_flow_free:
@@ -1326,8 +1326,8 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
                                      info->snd_seq, OVS_DP_CMD_NEW);
        if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(reply);
-               netlink_set_err(sock_net(skb->sk)->genl_sock, 0,
-                               ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group.id, err);
+               genl_set_err(sock_net(skb->sk), 0,
+                            ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group.id, err);
                err = 0;
                goto unlock;
        }

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
index 5c2dab27610962caed49d6017a6cda5b5ac855fc..3d55ead6095c9f4f74466cf1195f87cb7a5e9ba5 100644 (file)
--- a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ static void dp_detach_port_notify(struct vport *vport)
                                          OVS_VPORT_CMD_DEL);
        ovs_dp_detach_port(vport);
        if (IS_ERR(notify)) {
-               netlink_set_err(ovs_dp_get_net(dp)->genl_sock, 0,
-                               ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id,
-                               PTR_ERR(notify));
+               genl_set_err(ovs_dp_get_net(dp), 0,
+                            ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id,
+                            PTR_ERR(notify));
                return;
        }