netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/2 v3] uevent: add alloc_uevent

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Message-Id: <20180427102306.8617-2-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:23:05 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     ebiederm@...ssion.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     avagin@...tuozzo.com, ktkhai@...tuozzo.com, serge@...lyn.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2 v3] uevent: add alloc_uevent_skb() helper

This patch adds alloc_uevent_skb() in preparation for follow up patches.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
---
 lib/kobject_uevent.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 15ea216a67ce..c3cb110f663b 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -296,6 +296,31 @@ static void cleanup_uevent_env(struct subprocess_info *info)
 }
 #endif
 
+static struct sk_buff *alloc_uevent_skb(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
+					const char *action_string,
+					const char *devpath)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	char *scratch;
+	size_t len;
+
+	/* allocate message with maximum possible size */
+	len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
+	skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* add header */
+	scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
+	sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
+
+	skb_put_data(skb, env->buf, env->buflen);
+
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
 static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
 					struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
 					const char *action_string,
@@ -314,22 +339,10 @@ static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
 			continue;
 
 		if (!skb) {
-			/* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
-			size_t len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
-			char *scratch;
-
 			retval = -ENOMEM;
-			skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+			skb = alloc_uevent_skb(env, action_string, devpath);
 			if (!skb)
 				continue;
-
-			/* add header */
-			scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
-			sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
-
-			skb_put_data(skb, env->buf, env->buflen);
-
-			NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
 		}
 
 		retval = netlink_broadcast_filtered(uevent_sock, skb_get(skb),
-- 
2.17.0