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authorThomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>2006-11-10 14:10:15 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-12-02 21:22:11 -0800
commit339bf98ffc6a8d8eb16fc532ac57ffbced2f8a68 (patch)
tree499ad948863d2753ca10283dcf006ad28954538e /kernel
parenta94f723d595ee085f81b1788d18e031af7eeba91 (diff)
downloadlinux-339bf98ffc6a8d8eb16fc532ac57ffbced2f8a68.tar.bz2
[NETLINK]: Do precise netlink message allocations where possible
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/taskstats.c3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index f45c5e70773c..4f3f0e48c845 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
/*
* If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
*/
- size = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(size));
- skb = nlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb)
return -ENOMEM;