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[NETLINK]: Ignore !NLM_F_REQUEST messages directly in netlink_run_queue()

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netlink_rcv_skb() is changed to skip messages which don't have the
NLM_F_REQUEST bit to avoid every netlink family having to perform this
check on their own.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Thomas Graf
2007-03-22 23:28:46 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 33a0543cd9
commit d35b685640
4 changed files with 8 additions and 12 deletions
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net/core/rtnetlink.c
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@ -862,10 +862,6 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
int type;
int err;
/* Only requests are handled by kernel now */
if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_REQUEST))
return 0;
type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
/* A control message: ignore them */