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yaml --- r: 132135 b: refs/heads/master c: 4843b93 h: refs/heads/master i: 132133: 2766cd1 132131: 3ec8639 132127: c8764d4 v: v3
git-mirror · Mar 4, 2009 · a3fddab · a3fddab
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 17edde520927070a6bf14a6a75027c0b843443e5
+refs/heads/master: 4843b93c96ae5043c6279c4ec6fcd8ee3866ff5b
diff --git a/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,13 @@ static inline int do_one_set_err(struct sock *sk,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * netlink_set_err - report error to broadcast listeners
+ * @ssk: the kernel netlink socket, as returned by netlink_kernel_create()
+ * @pid: the PID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
+ * @groups: the broadcast group that will notice the error
+ * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
+ */
 void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
 {
 	struct netlink_set_err_data info;
@@ -1093,7 +1100,8 @@ void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
 	info.exclude_sk = ssk;
 	info.pid = pid;
 	info.group = group;
-	info.code = code;
+	/* sk->sk_err wants a positive error value */
+	info.code = -code;
 
 	read_lock(&nl_table_lock);