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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    [PATCH] drop_monitor: add missing call to genlmsg_end
From:       Reiter Wolfgang <wr0112358 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-12-31 20:11:57
Message-ID: 20161231201157.10800-1-wr0112358 () gmail ! com
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Update nlmsg_len field with genlmsg_end to enable userspace processing
using nlmsg_next helper. Also adds error handling.

Signed-off-by: Reiter Wolfgang <wr0112358@gmail.com>
---
 net/core/drop_monitor.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index 8e0c063..f465bad 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *reset_per_cpu_data(struct per_cpu_dm_data *data)
 	struct nlattr *nla;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	void *msg_header;
 
 	al = sizeof(struct net_dm_alert_msg);
 	al += dm_hit_limit * sizeof(struct net_dm_drop_point);
@@ -82,17 +83,31 @@ static struct sk_buff *reset_per_cpu_data(struct per_cpu_dm_data *data)
 
 	skb = genlmsg_new(al, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (skb) {
-		genlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, &net_drop_monitor_family,
-				0, NET_DM_CMD_ALERT);
-		nla = nla_reserve(skb, NLA_UNSPEC,
-				  sizeof(struct net_dm_alert_msg));
-		msg = nla_data(nla);
-		memset(msg, 0, al);
-	} else {
-		mod_timer(&data->send_timer, jiffies + HZ / 10);
+	if (!skb)
+		goto err;
+
+	msg_header = genlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, &net_drop_monitor_family,
+				 0, NET_DM_CMD_ALERT);
+	if (!msg_header) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		skb = NULL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+	nla = nla_reserve(skb, NLA_UNSPEC,
+			  sizeof(struct net_dm_alert_msg));
+	if (!nla) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		skb = NULL;
+		goto err;
 	}
+	msg = nla_data(nla);
+	memset(msg, 0, al);
+	genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
+	goto out;
 
+err:
+	mod_timer(&data->send_timer, jiffies + HZ / 10);
+out:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
 	swap(data->skb, skb);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
-- 
2.9.3

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