diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 7e4aa48680a7318e1322bb1fe740634e67b36ee2..0e4f478e2cb56b34bacb8838592a57d32ebc80cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ struct rtnetlink_link
extern struct rtnetlink_link * rtnetlink_links[NPROTO];
extern int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 group, int echo);
+extern int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid);
extern int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics);
extern void __rta_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, const void *data);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a1b783a6afc61e7fd736a580c9f8cdf0d1121d37..e02fa6a33f4269d506bc47b5c71b4f76a49dd50f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
return err;
}
+int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
+{
+ return nlmsg_unicast(rtnl, skb, pid);
+}
+
int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
{
struct rtattr *mx = (struct rtattr*)skb->tail;
@@ -574,9 +579,7 @@ static int rtnl_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
goto errout;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (err > 0)
- err = 0;
+ err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
errout:
kfree(iw_buf);
dev_put(dev);
@@ -825,3 +828,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_trylock);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_unlock);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_unicast);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index 4c963213fba51a4a01eedaba5b2f8e8422d9eed0..c5daf3557c1f12bca571a086f0970b307028984c 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1611,9 +1611,7 @@ int dn_cache_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
goto out_free;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-
- return err;
+ return rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
out_free:
kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 85893eef6b16c5488ab01d0be5c168874b338293..98f0aa0d421604025c57faad16562ca12005724e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ static void ipmr_destroy_unres(struct mfc_cache *c)
e = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
e->error = -ETIMEDOUT;
memset(&e->msg, 0, sizeof(e->msg));
- netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+ rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
} else
kfree_skb(skb);
}
@@ -512,7 +513,6 @@ static void ipmr_cache_resolve(struct mfc_cache *uc, struct mfc_cache *c)
while((skb=__skb_dequeue(&uc->mfc_un.unres.unresolved))) {
if (skb->nh.iph->version == 0) {
- int err;
struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
if (ipmr_fill_mroute(skb, c, NLMSG_DATA(nlh)) > 0) {
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ static void ipmr_cache_resolve(struct mfc_cache *uc, struct mfc_cache *c)
e->error = -EMSGSIZE;
memset(&e->msg, 0, sizeof(e->msg));
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+ rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
} else
ip_mr_forward(skb, c, 0);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 12128b82c9dcb99f60890df2842d4c0ba7458df2..b8f6cadc5b3a95c508a8c4cdfc66d323289823d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2809,10 +2809,9 @@ int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
goto out_free;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (err > 0)
- err = 0;
-out: return err;
+ err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
+out:
+ return err;
out_free:
kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9ba1e811ba502963e77d7cddbe63a8bec46dc0f5..4f991a2234d0b02a30729a934fa3264c1531008a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3268,9 +3268,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getaddr(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
goto out_free;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (err > 0)
- err = 0;
+ err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
out:
in6_ifa_put(ifa);
return err;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9ce28277f47fd91bef55c5f58891792b0b48fb0a..024c8e26c2ecc4f285381c370999adb64bd44422 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2044,9 +2044,7 @@ int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
goto out_free;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (err > 0)
- err = 0;
+ err = rtnl_unicast(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid);
out:
return err;
out_free:
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index a2587b52e531d7284bb85078d9d3c783a4f5dde2..6990747d6d5ac31c4e2b08e5a4f22f5ee031679e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ static int
act_get_notify(u32 pid, struct nlmsghdr *n, struct tc_action *a, int event)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
- int err = 0;
skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb)
@@ -468,10 +467,8 @@ act_get_notify(u32 pid, struct nlmsghdr *n, struct tc_action *a, int event)
kfree_skb(skb);
return -EINVAL;
}
- err = netlink_unicast(rtnl, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
- if (err > 0)
- err = 0;
- return err;
+
+ return rtnl_unicast(skb, pid);
}
static struct tc_action *