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Date:	Wed,  7 Aug 2013 15:45:12 +0200
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	kys@...rosoft.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Subject: [PATCH] Tools: hv: use full nlmsghdr in netlink_send

There is no need to have a nlmsghdr pointer to another temporary buffer.
Instead use a full struct nlmsghdr.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
---
 tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c | 15 +++++----------
 tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 15 +++++----------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index 1bd1ad1..7c05f55 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -1393,23 +1393,18 @@ kvp_get_domain_name(char *buffer, int length)
 static int
 netlink_send(int fd, struct cn_msg *msg)
 {
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct nlmsghdr nlh = { .nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE };
 	unsigned int size;
 	struct msghdr message;
-	char buffer[64];
 	struct iovec iov[2];
 
 	size = sizeof(struct cn_msg) + msg->len;
 
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buffer;
-	nlh->nlmsg_seq = 0;
-	nlh->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
-	nlh->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size - sizeof(*nlh));
-	nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+	nlh.nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+	nlh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size);
 
-	iov[0].iov_base = nlh;
-	iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(*nlh);
+	iov[0].iov_base = &nlh;
+	iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(nlh);
 
 	iov[1].iov_base = msg;
 	iov[1].iov_len = size;
diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
index 2f1f53f..8ac0ee7 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
@@ -105,23 +105,18 @@ static int vss_operate(int operation)
 
 static int netlink_send(int fd, struct cn_msg *msg)
 {
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct nlmsghdr nlh = { .nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE };
 	unsigned int size;
 	struct msghdr message;
-	char buffer[64];
 	struct iovec iov[2];
 
 	size = sizeof(struct cn_msg) + msg->len;
 
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buffer;
-	nlh->nlmsg_seq = 0;
-	nlh->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
-	nlh->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size - sizeof(*nlh));
-	nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+	nlh.nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+	nlh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size);
 
-	iov[0].iov_base = nlh;
-	iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(*nlh);
+	iov[0].iov_base = &nlh;
+	iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(nlh);
 
 	iov[1].iov_base = msg;
 	iov[1].iov_len = size;
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