3 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 4c4ac3f3ce5a..8d1bcec5cc06 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
 #define NLM_F_MULTI             2       /* Multipart message, terminated by NLMSG_DONE */
 #define NLM_F_ACK               4       /* Reply with ack, with zero or error code */
 #define NLM_F_ECHO              8       /* Echo this request            */
+#define NLM_F_DUMP_INTR         16      /* Dump was inconsistent due to sequence change */
 
 /* Modifiers to GET request */
 #define NLM_F_ROOT      0x100   /* specify tree root    */
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ struct netlink_callback {
                                         struct netlink_callback *cb);
         int                     (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
         int                     family;
+        unsigned int            prev_seq, seq;
         long                    args[6];
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index d420f28b6d60..82d8d09faa44 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
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 02740a94f108..98c185441bee 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -638,6 +638,30 @@ static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
              nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
              pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
 
+/**
+ * nl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
+ * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
+ * @nlh: netlink message header to write the flag to
+ *
+ * This function checks if the sequence (generation) number changed during dump
+ * and if it did, advertises it in the netlink message header.
+ *
+ * The correct way to use it is to set cb->seq to the generation counter when
+ * all locks for dumping have been acquired, and then call this function for
+ * each message that is generated.
+ *
+ * Note that due to initialisation concerns, 0 is an invalid sequence number
+ * and must not be used by code that uses this functionality.
+ */
+static inline void
+nl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
+                         struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+        if (cb->prev_seq && cb->seq != cb->prev_seq)
+                nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_DUMP_INTR;
+        cb->prev_seq = cb->seq;
+}
+
 /**************************************************************************
  * Netlink Attributes
  **************************************************************************/