8 files changed, 91 insertions, 154 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index b2136accd267..14241ada41a1 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -852,8 +852,7 @@ static int rtattr_max;
 
 /* Process one rtnetlink message. */
 
-static __inline__ int
-rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
+static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
         rtnl_doit_func doit;
         int sz_idx, kind;
@@ -863,10 +862,8 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
         int err;
 
         type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
-
-        /* Unknown message: reply with EINVAL */
         if (type > RTM_MAX)
-                goto err_inval;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         type -= RTM_BASE;
 
@@ -875,40 +872,33 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
                 return 0;
 
         family = ((struct rtgenmsg*)NLMSG_DATA(nlh))->rtgen_family;
-        if (family >= NPROTO) {
-                *errp = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
-                return -1;
-        }
+        if (family >= NPROTO)
+                return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
 
         sz_idx = type>>2;
         kind = type&3;
 
-        if (kind != 2 && security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-                *errp = -EPERM;
-                return -1;
-        }
+        if (kind != 2 && security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
 
         if (kind == 2 && nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_DUMP) {
                 rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit;
 
                 dumpit = rtnl_get_dumpit(family, type);
                 if (dumpit == NULL)
-                        goto err_inval;
-
-                if ((*errp = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh,
-                                                dumpit, NULL)) != 0) {
-                        return -1;
-                }
+                        return -EINVAL;
 
-                netlink_queue_skip(nlh, skb);
-                return -1;
+                err = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, dumpit, NULL);
+                if (err == 0)
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                return err;
         }
 
         memset(rta_buf, 0, (rtattr_max * sizeof(struct rtattr *)));
 
         min_len = rtm_min[sz_idx];
         if (nlh->nlmsg_len < min_len)
-                goto err_inval;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_len > min_len) {
                 int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_ALIGN(min_len);
@@ -918,7 +908,7 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
                         unsigned flavor = attr->rta_type;
                         if (flavor) {
                                 if (flavor > rta_max[sz_idx])
-                                        goto err_inval;
+                                        return -EINVAL;
                                 rta_buf[flavor-1] = attr;
                         }
                         attr = RTA_NEXT(attr, attrlen);
@@ -927,15 +917,9 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
 
         doit = rtnl_get_doit(family, type);
         if (doit == NULL)
-                goto err_inval;
-        err = doit(skb, nlh, (void *)&rta_buf[0]);
-
-        *errp = err;
-        return err;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
-err_inval:
-        *errp = -EINVAL;
-        return -1;
+        return doit(skb, nlh, (void *)&rta_buf[0]);
 }
 
 static void rtnetlink_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 76f11f325919..443ba7753a33 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static const size_t cta_min[CTA_MAX] = {
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_del_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ ctnetlink_del_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_get_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
@@ -720,22 +720,15 @@ ctnetlink_get_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
         int err = 0;
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
-                u32 rlen;
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT
                 if (NFNL_MSG_TYPE(nlh->nlmsg_type) == IPCTNL_MSG_CT_GET_CTRZERO)
                         return -ENOTSUPP;
 #endif
-                if ((*errp = netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh,
-                                                ctnetlink_dump_table,
-                                                ctnetlink_done)) != 0)
-                        return -EINVAL;
-
-                rlen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
-                if (rlen > skb->len)
-                        rlen = skb->len;
-                skb_pull(skb, rlen);
-                return 0;
+                err = netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh, ctnetlink_dump_table,
+                                         ctnetlink_done);
+                if (err == 0)
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                return err;
         }
 
         if (nfattr_bad_size(cda, CTA_MAX, cta_min))
@@ -1009,7 +1002,7 @@ err:
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_new_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                        struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple otuple, rtuple;
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h = NULL;
@@ -1260,7 +1253,7 @@ static const size_t cta_min_exp[CTA_EXPECT_MAX] = {
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
         struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
@@ -1273,17 +1266,12 @@ ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
-                u32 rlen;
-
-                if ((*errp = netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh,
-                                                ctnetlink_exp_dump_table,
-                                                ctnetlink_done)) != 0)
-                        return -EINVAL;
-                rlen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
-                if (rlen > skb->len)
-                        rlen = skb->len;
-                skb_pull(skb, rlen);
-                return 0;
+                err = netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh,
+                                         ctnetlink_exp_dump_table,
+                                         ctnetlink_done);
+                if (err == 0)
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                return err;
         }
 
         if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_MASTER-1])
@@ -1330,7 +1318,7 @@ out:
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_del_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, *tmp;
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
@@ -1464,7 +1452,7 @@ out:
 
 static int
 ctnetlink_new_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[], int *errp)
+                     struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
         struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index dec36abdf949..c37ed0156b07 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -195,17 +195,14 @@ int nfnetlink_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u_int32_t pid, int flags)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_unicast);
 
 /* Process one complete nfnetlink message. */
-static int nfnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb,
-                                    struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
+static int nfnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
         struct nfnl_callback *nc;
         struct nfnetlink_subsystem *ss;
-        int type, err = 0;
+        int type, err;
 
-        if (security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-                *errp = -EPERM;
-                return -1;
-        }
+        if (security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
 
         /* Only requests are handled by kernel now. */
         if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
@@ -227,12 +224,12 @@ static int nfnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb,
                 ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type);
                 if (!ss)
 #endif
-                        goto err_inval;
+                        return -EINVAL;
         }
 
         nc = nfnetlink_find_client(type, ss);
         if (!nc)
-                goto err_inval;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         {
                 u_int16_t attr_count =
@@ -243,16 +240,9 @@ static int nfnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
                 err = nfnetlink_check_attributes(ss, nlh, cda);
                 if (err < 0)
-                        goto err_inval;
-
-                err = nc->call(nfnl, skb, nlh, cda, errp);
-                *errp = err;
-                return err;
+                        return err;
+                return nc->call(nfnl, skb, nlh, cda);
         }
-
-err_inval:
-        *errp = -EINVAL;
-        return -1;
 }
 
 static void nfnetlink_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 9709f94787f8..b174aadd73e6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static struct notifier_block nfulnl_rtnl_notifier = {
 
 static int
 nfulnl_recv_unsupp(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[], int *errp)
+                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[])
 {
         return -ENOTSUPP;
 }
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static const int nfula_cfg_min[NFULA_CFG_MAX] = {
 
 static int
 nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                   struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfula[], int *errp)
+                   struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfula[])
 {
         struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
         u_int16_t group_num = ntohs(nfmsg->res_id);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index b6585caa431e..9aefb1c9bfa3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static const int nfqa_verdict_min[NFQA_MAX] = {
 
 static int
 nfqnl_recv_verdict(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                   struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[], int *errp)
+                   struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[])
 {
         struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
         u_int16_t queue_num = ntohs(nfmsg->res_id);
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ err_out_put:
 
 static int
 nfqnl_recv_unsupp(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[], int *errp)
+                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[])
 {
         return -ENOTSUPP;
 }
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static struct nf_queue_handler nfqh = {
 
 static int
 nfqnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[], int *errp)
+                  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *nfqa[])
 {
         struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
         u_int16_t queue_num = ntohs(nfmsg->res_id);
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 5d1079b1838c..1823b7c63156 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err)
 }
 
 static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
-                                                     struct nlmsghdr *, int *))
+                                                     struct nlmsghdr *))
 {
         struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
         int err;
@@ -1483,13 +1483,11 @@ static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
                 if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
                         goto skip;
 
-                if (cb(skb, nlh, &err) < 0) {
-                        /* Not an error, but we have to interrupt processing
-                         * here. Note: that in this case we do not pull
-                         * message from skb, it will be processed later.
-                         */
-                        if (err == 0)
-                                return -1;
+                err = cb(skb, nlh);
+                if (err == -EINTR) {
+                        /* Not an error, but we interrupt processing */
+                        netlink_queue_skip(nlh, skb);
+                        return err;
                 }
 skip:
                 if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK || err)
@@ -1515,9 +1513,14 @@ skip:
  *
  * qlen must be initialized to 0 before the initial entry, afterwards
  * the function may be called repeatedly until qlen reaches 0.
+ *
+ * The callback function may return -EINTR to signal that processing
+ * of netlink messages shall be interrupted. In this case the message
+ * currently being processed will NOT be requeued onto the receive
+ * queue.
  */
 void netlink_run_queue(struct sock *sk, unsigned int *qlen,
-                       int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *, struct nlmsghdr *, int *))
+                       int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *, struct nlmsghdr *))
 {
         struct sk_buff *skb;
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 95391e609046..1b897bc92e61 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -295,60 +295,49 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family)
         return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-                               int *errp)
+static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
         struct genl_ops *ops;
         struct genl_family *family;
         struct genl_info info;
         struct genlmsghdr *hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-        int hdrlen, err = -EINVAL;
+        int hdrlen, err;
 
         family = genl_family_find_byid(nlh->nlmsg_type);
-        if (family == NULL) {
-                err = -ENOENT;
-                goto errout;
-        }
+        if (family == NULL)
+                return -ENOENT;
 
         hdrlen = GENL_HDRLEN + family->hdrsize;
         if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
-                goto errout;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         ops = genl_get_cmd(hdr->cmd, family);
-        if (ops == NULL) {
-                err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-                goto errout;
-        }
+        if (ops == NULL)
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-        if ((ops->flags & GENL_ADMIN_PERM) && security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-                err = -EPERM;
-                goto errout;
-        }
+        if ((ops->flags & GENL_ADMIN_PERM) &&
+            security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
-                if (ops->dumpit == NULL) {
-                        err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-                        goto errout;
-                }
+                if (ops->dumpit == NULL)
+                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-                *errp = err = netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
-                                                 ops->dumpit, ops->done);
+                err = netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
+                                         ops->dumpit, ops->done);
                 if (err == 0)
-                        skb_pull(skb, min(NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len),
-                                          skb->len));
-                return -1;
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                return err;
         }
 
-        if (ops->doit == NULL) {
-                err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-                goto errout;
-        }
+        if (ops->doit == NULL)
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
         if (family->attrbuf) {
                 err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, family->attrbuf, family->maxattr,
                                   ops->policy);
                 if (err < 0)
-                        goto errout;
+                        return err;
         }
 
         info.snd_seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;
@@ -358,12 +347,7 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
         info.userhdr = nlmsg_data(nlh) + GENL_HDRLEN;
         info.attrs = family->attrbuf;
 
-        *errp = err = ops->doit(skb, &info);
-        return err;
-
-errout:
-        *errp = err;
-        return -1;
+        return ops->doit(skb, &info);
 }
 
 static void genl_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 4d2f2094e6df..5e52d6275bad 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1852,46 +1852,39 @@ static struct xfrm_link {
         [XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE     - XFRM_MSG_BASE] = { .doit = xfrm_do_migrate    },
 };
 
-static int xfrm_user_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
+static int xfrm_user_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
         struct rtattr *xfrma[XFRMA_MAX];
         struct xfrm_link *link;
-        int type, min_len;
+        int type, min_len, err;
 
         type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
-
-        /* Unknown message: reply with EINVAL */
         if (type > XFRM_MSG_MAX)
-                goto err_einval;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         type -= XFRM_MSG_BASE;
         link = &xfrm_dispatch[type];
 
         /* All operations require privileges, even GET */
-        if (security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-                *errp = -EPERM;
-                return -1;
-        }
+        if (security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
 
         if ((type == (XFRM_MSG_GETSA - XFRM_MSG_BASE) ||
              type == (XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY - XFRM_MSG_BASE)) &&
             (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP)) {
                 if (link->dump == NULL)
-                        goto err_einval;
-
-                if ((*errp = netlink_dump_start(xfrm_nl, skb, nlh,
-                                                link->dump, NULL)) != 0) {
-                        return -1;
-                }
+                        return -EINVAL;
 
-                netlink_queue_skip(nlh, skb);
-                return -1;
+                err = netlink_dump_start(xfrm_nl, skb, nlh, link->dump, NULL);
+                if (err == 0)
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                return err;
         }
 
         memset(xfrma, 0, sizeof(xfrma));
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_len < (min_len = xfrm_msg_min[type]))
-                goto err_einval;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         if (nlh->nlmsg_len > min_len) {
                 int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_ALIGN(min_len);
@@ -1901,7 +1894,7 @@ static int xfrm_user_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *err
                         unsigned short flavor = attr->rta_type;
                         if (flavor) {
                                 if (flavor > XFRMA_MAX)
-                                        goto err_einval;
+                                        return -EINVAL;
                                 xfrma[flavor - 1] = attr;
                         }
                         attr = RTA_NEXT(attr, attrlen);
@@ -1909,14 +1902,9 @@ static int xfrm_user_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *err
         }
 
         if (link->doit == NULL)
-                goto err_einval;
-        *errp = link->doit(skb, nlh, xfrma);
-
-        return *errp;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
-err_einval:
-        *errp = -EINVAL;
-        return -1;
+        return link->doit(skb, nlh, xfrma);
 }
 
 static void xfrm_netlink_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)