1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index d420f28b6d6..82d8d09faa4 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -160,6 +160,38 @@ static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
 }
 
 /**
+ * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
+ * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
+ * @family: generic netlink family
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to netlink header.
+ */
+static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
+                                             struct genl_family *family)
+{
+        return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
+                                   family->hdrsize -
+                                   GENL_HDRLEN -
+                                   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
+}
+
+/**
+ * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
+ * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
+ * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
+ * @family: generic netlink family
+ *
+ * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
+ * simpler to use with generic netlink.
+ */
+static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
+                                              void *user_hdr,
+                                              struct genl_family *family)
+{
+        nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
+}
+
+/**
  * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
  * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
  * @info: receiver info