8 files changed, 20 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 7e4aa48680a7..0e4f478e2cb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ struct rtnetlink_link
 
 extern struct rtnetlink_link * rtnetlink_links[NPROTO];
 extern int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 group, int echo);
+extern int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid);
 extern int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics);
 
 extern void __rta_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, const void *data);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a1b783a6afc6..e02fa6a33f42 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
         return err;
 }
 
+int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
+{
+        return nlmsg_unicast(rtnl, skb, pid);
+}
+
 int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
 {
         struct rtattr *mx = (struct rtattr*)skb->tail;
@@ -574,9 +579,7 @@ static int rtnl_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
                 goto errout;
         }
 
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (err > 0)
-                err = 0;
+        err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 errout:
         kfree(iw_buf);
         dev_put(dev);
@@ -825,3 +828,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_trylock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_unlock);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_unicast);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index 4c963213fba5..c5daf3557c1f 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1611,9 +1611,7 @@ int dn_cache_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
                 goto out_free;
         }
 
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-
-        return err;
+        return rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
 
 out_free:
         kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 85893eef6b16..98f0aa0d4216 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ static void ipmr_destroy_unres(struct mfc_cache *c)
                         e = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
                         e->error = -ETIMEDOUT;
                         memset(&e->msg, 0, sizeof(e->msg));
-                        netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+                        rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
                 } else
                         kfree_skb(skb);
         }
@@ -512,7 +513,6 @@ static void ipmr_cache_resolve(struct mfc_cache *uc, struct mfc_cache *c)
 
         while((skb=__skb_dequeue(&uc->mfc_un.unres.unresolved))) {
                 if (skb->nh.iph->version == 0) {
-                        int err;
                         struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
 
                         if (ipmr_fill_mroute(skb, c, NLMSG_DATA(nlh)) > 0) {
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ static void ipmr_cache_resolve(struct mfc_cache *uc, struct mfc_cache *c)
                                 e->error = -EMSGSIZE;
                                 memset(&e->msg, 0, sizeof(e->msg));
                         }
-                        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+                        rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
                 } else
                         ip_mr_forward(skb, c, 0);
         }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 12128b82c9dc..b8f6cadc5b3a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2809,10 +2809,9 @@ int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
                 goto out_free;
         }
 
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (err > 0)
-                err = 0;
-out:    return err;
+        err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
+out:
+        return err;
 
 out_free:
         kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9ba1e811ba50..4f991a2234d0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3268,9 +3268,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getaddr(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
                 goto out_free;
         }
 
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (err > 0)
-                err = 0;
+        err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
 out:
         in6_ifa_put(ifa);
         return err;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9ce28277f47f..024c8e26c2ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2044,9 +2044,7 @@ int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
                 goto out_free;
         }
 
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (err > 0)
-                err = 0;
+        err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
 out:
         return err;
 out_free:
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index a2587b52e531..6990747d6d5a 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ static int
 act_get_notify(u32 pid, struct nlmsghdr *n, struct tc_action *a, int event)
 {
         struct sk_buff *skb;
-        int err = 0;
 
         skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!skb)
@@ -468,10 +467,8 @@ act_get_notify(u32 pid, struct nlmsghdr *n, struct tc_action *a, int event)
                 kfree_skb(skb);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
-        err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (err > 0)
-                err = 0;
-        return err;
+
+        return rtnl_unicast(skb, pid);
 }
 
 static struct tc_action *