genl: Add genlmsg_new_unicast() for unicast message allocation

Allocates a new sk_buff large enough to cover the specified payload
plus required Netlink headers. Will check receiving socket for
memory mapped i/o capability and use it if enabled. Will fall back
to non-mapped skb if message size exceeds the frame size of the ring.

Signed-of-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 4518a57aa5fe..85bf42e2a943 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -454,6 +454,26 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unregister_family);
 
 /**
+ * genlmsg_new_unicast - Allocate generic netlink message for unicast
+ * @payload: size of the message payload
+ * @info: information on destination
+ * @flags: the type of memory to allocate
+ *
+ * Allocates a new sk_buff large enough to cover the specified payload
+ * plus required Netlink headers. Will check receiving socket for
+ * memory mapped i/o capability and use it if enabled. Will fall back
+ * to non-mapped skb if message size exceeds the frame size of the ring.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new_unicast(size_t payload, struct genl_info *info,
+                                    gfp_t flags)
+{
+        size_t len = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(payload));
+
+        return netlink_alloc_skb(info->dst_sk, len, info->snd_portid, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genlmsg_new_unicast);
+
+/**
  * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
  * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
  * @portid: netlink portid the message is addressed to
@@ -593,6 +613,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(struct genl_family *family,
         info.genlhdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
         info.userhdr = nlmsg_data(nlh) + GENL_HDRLEN;
         info.attrs = attrbuf;
+        info.dst_sk = skb->sk;
         genl_info_net_set(&info, net);
         memset(&info.user_ptr, 0, sizeof(info.user_ptr));