netdev - [net-2.6 PATCH 4/6] net: fix nlmsg len size for skb when error bit is set.

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Message-ID: <20090918005811.25594.48046.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:58:11 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH 4/6] net: fix nlmsg len size for skb when error bit is
	set.

From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

Currently, the nlmsg->len field is not set correctly in  netlink_ack()
for ack messages that include the nlmsg of the error frame.  This
corrects the length field passed to __nlmsg_put to use the correct
payload size.

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9934847..aa74011 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err)
 	}
 
 	rep = __nlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).pid, nlh->nlmsg_seq,
-			  NLMSG_ERROR, sizeof(struct nlmsgerr), 0);
+			  NLMSG_ERROR, payload, 0);
 	errmsg = nlmsg_data(rep);
 	errmsg->error = err;
 	memcpy(&errmsg->msg, nlh, err ? nlh->nlmsg_len : sizeof(*nlh));

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