netdev - [PATCH 2/5] netlink: store MSG_CMSG_COMPAT flag in netlink_skb

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:41:44 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fwestphal@...aro.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	johannes@...solutions.net, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] netlink: store MSG_CMSG_COMPAT flag in netlink_skb_parms

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

This allows the netlink processing context to determine if the data
needs any 32 bit fixups.

Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
---
 changes since v1: change msg_compat to bool.

 include/linux/netlink.h  |    1 +
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index fde27c0..c094694 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ struct netlink_skb_parms {
 	__u32			loginuid;	/* Login (audit) uid */
 	__u32			sessionid;	/* Session id (audit) */
 	__u32			sid;		/* SELinux security id */
+	bool			msg_compat;	/* Message needs 32bit fixups */
 };
 
 #define NETLINK_CB(skb)		(*(struct netlink_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb))
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 4910031..5ff97cf 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1328,6 +1328,9 @@ static int netlink_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = dst_group;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current);
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(current);
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).msg_compat = !!(msg->msg_flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
+#endif
 	security_task_getsecid(current, &(NETLINK_CB(skb).sid));
 	memcpy(NETLINK_CREDS(skb), &siocb->scm->creds, sizeof(struct ucred));
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

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