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yaml --- r: 41663 b: refs/heads/master c: 3dabc71 h: refs/heads/master i: 41661: 77217a1 41659: d932616 41655: be260e7 41647: cf1e89f 41631: e9cf397 41599: 6da8a00 v: v3
git-mirror · Dec 3, 2006 · dec3852 · dec3852
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cfb6eeb4c860592edd123fdea908d23c6ad1c7dc
+refs/heads/master: 3dabc7157859e706770c825aa229f8943db4e0e1
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/genetlink.h b/trunk/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -187,4 +187,15 @@ static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
 	return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
 }
 
+/**
+ * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
+ * @payload: size of the message payload
+ * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
+ */
+static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
+}
+
+
 #endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c b/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
 	/*
 	 * If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
 	 */
-	skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = genlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;