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[PATCH] Add genetlink utilities for payload length calculation 

Add two utility helper functions genlmsg_msg_size() and genlmsg_total_size().
These functions are derived from their netlink counterparts.

Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Cc: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jay Lan <jlan@engr.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Balbir Singh 2006-09-30 23:28:51 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 31608214fe
commit 17db952cd1
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@ -169,4 +169,22 @@ static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
}
/**
* genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
* @payload: length of message payload
*/
static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
{
return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
}
/**
* genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
* @payload: length of message payload
*/
static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
{
return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
}
#endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */