linux-toradex.git/net/netlink, branch v2.6.20.21 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules [AF_NETLINK]: module_put cleanup 2007-01-04T02:38:15+00:00 Mariusz Kozlowski m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl 2007-01-02T23:24:30+00:00 5e7c001c6279f38b15fef5369496fe1043765727 This patch removes redundant argument check for module_put(). Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
This patch removes redundant argument check for module_put().

Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[PATCH] struct path: convert netlink 2006-12-08T16:28:48+00:00 Josef Sipek jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu 2006-12-08T10:37:25+00:00 6db5fc5d536560e31978c6911b1f5662e42083ac Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 
Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
[GENETLINK]: Fix misplaced command flags. 2006-12-07T04:06:25+00:00 Jamal Hadi Salim hadi@cyberus.ca 2006-12-07T04:06:25+00:00 48d4ed7a86d70a7e381cc8e48a97312182093ce2 The command flags for dump and do were swapped.. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
The command flags for dump and do were swapped..

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[GENETLINK]: Move command capabilities to flags. 2006-12-07T02:38:41+00:00 Jamal Hadi Salim hadi@cyberus.ca 2006-12-05T03:31:51+00:00 334c29a64507dda187565dd0db0403de3d70ec8b This patch moves command capabilities to command flags. Other than being cleaner, saves several bytes. We increment the nlctrl version so as to signal to user space that to not expect the attributes. We will try to be careful not to do this too often ;-> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
This patch moves command capabilities to command flags. Other than
being cleaner, saves several bytes.
We increment the nlctrl version so as to signal to user space that
to not expect the attributes. We will try to be careful
not to do this too often ;->

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[GENETLINK]: Add cmd dump completion. 2006-12-03T05:32:09+00:00 Jamal Hadi Salim hadi@cyberus.ca 2006-12-02T04:07:42+00:00 a4d1366d5080fcb4514db58c320b9f60d78918e6 Remove assumption that generic netlink commands cannot have dump completion callbacks. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
Remove assumption that generic netlink commands cannot have dump
completion callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[NETLINK]: Remove unused dst_pid field in netlink_skb_parms 2006-12-03T05:30:43+00:00 Thomas Graf tgraf@suug.ch 2006-11-27T17:25:58+00:00 4e9b82693542003b028c8494e9e3c49615b91ce7 The destination PID is passed directly to netlink_unicast() respectively netlink_multicast(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
The destination PID is passed directly to netlink_unicast()
respectively netlink_multicast().

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[GENETLINK] ctrl: Avoid empty CTRL_ATTR_OPS attribute when dumping 2006-12-03T05:30:23+00:00 Thomas Graf tgraf@suug.ch 2006-11-23T19:44:37+00:00 e94ef682053a6eeca91aefdaecf8efe7fd7e33a5 Based on Jamal's patch but compiled and even tested. :-) Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
Based on Jamal's patch but compiled and even tested. :-)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[GENL]: Add genlmsg_put_reply() to simplify building reply headers 2006-12-03T05:22:42+00:00 Thomas Graf tgraf@suug.ch 2006-11-15T03:46:02+00:00 17c157c889f4b07258af6bfec9e4e9dcf3c00178 By modyfing genlmsg_put() to take a genl_family and by adding genlmsg_put_reply() the process of constructing the netlink and generic netlink headers is simplified. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
By modyfing genlmsg_put() to take a genl_family and by adding
genlmsg_put_reply() the process of constructing the netlink
and generic netlink headers is simplified.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[GENL]: Add genlmsg_reply() to simply unicast replies to requests 2006-12-03T05:22:41+00:00 Thomas Graf tgraf@suug.ch 2006-11-15T03:45:27+00:00 81878d27fdd297a33f3cfcf29483fe1abaf26dec A generic netlink user has no interest in knowing how to address the source of the original request. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
A generic netlink user has no interest in knowing how to
address the source of the original request.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[NETLINK]: Do precise netlink message allocations where possible 2006-12-03T05:22:11+00:00 Thomas Graf tgraf@suug.ch 2006-11-10T22:10:15+00:00 339bf98ffc6a8d8eb16fc532ac57ffbced2f8a68 Account for the netlink message header size directly in nlmsg_new() instead of relying on the caller calculate it correctly. Replaces error handling of message construction functions when constructing notifications with bug traps since a failure implies a bug in calculating the size of the skb. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
Account for the netlink message header size directly in nlmsg_new()
instead of relying on the caller calculate it correctly.

Replaces error handling of message construction functions when
constructing notifications with bug traps since a failure implies
a bug in calculating the size of the skb.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>