netdev - [PATCH net-next] netlink: remove duplicated NLMSG

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Date:	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:04:05 +0800
From:	Hong Zhiguo <honkiko@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	zhiguo.hong@....com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netlink: remove duplicated NLMSG_ALIGN

NLMSG_HDRLEN is already aligned value. It's for directly reference
without extra alignment.

The redundant alignment here may confuse the API users.

Signed-off-by: Hong Zhiguo <honkiko@...il.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/netlink.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
index 78d5b8a..32a354f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
 #define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4U
 #define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
 #define NLMSG_HDRLEN	 ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
-#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_HDRLEN))
+#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len) + NLMSG_HDRLEN)
 #define NLMSG_SPACE(len) NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_LENGTH(len))
 #define NLMSG_DATA(nlh)  ((void*)(((char*)nlh) + NLMSG_LENGTH(0)))
 #define NLMSG_NEXT(nlh,len)	 ((len) -= NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len), \
-- 
1.7.10.4

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