kernel/include/net/netlink.h, branch linux-3.17.y

netlink: Fix shadow warning on jiffies

2014-07-29T00:20:43Z

Change formal parameter name to not shadow the global jiffies. Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netevent/netlink.h: Remove extern from function prototypes

2013-09-21T18:01:39Z

There are a mix of function prototypes with and without extern in the kernel sources. Standardize on not using extern for function prototypes. Function prototypes don't need to be written with extern. extern is assumed by the compiler. Its use is as unnecessary as using auto to declare automatic/local variables in a block. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Rename pid to portid to avoid confusion

2012-09-10T19:30:41Z

It is a frequent mistake to confuse the netlink port identifier with a process identifier. Try to reduce this confusion by renaming fields that hold port identifiers portid instead of pid. I have carefully avoided changing the structures exported to userspace to avoid changing the userspace API. I have successfully built an allyesconfig kernel with this change. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: add signed types

2012-08-04T03:40:11Z

Signed types might be needed in NL communication from time to time (I need s32 in team driver), so add them. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Delete all NLA_PUT*() macros.

2012-04-02T08:33:45Z

They were error prone due to an embedded goto, and the entire tree has been converted away from using them. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Add nla_put_le{16,32,64}() helpers.

2012-04-02T08:33:42Z

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Add nla_put_net{16,32,64}() helpers.

2012-04-02T08:33:41Z

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: Add nla_put_be{16,32,64}() helpers.

2012-04-01T22:11:37Z

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Deinline __nlmsg_put and genlmsg_put. -7k code on i386 defconfig.

2012-01-30T20:22:06Z

text data bss dec hex filename 8455963 532732 1810804 10799499 a4c98b vmlinux.o.before 8448899 532732 1810804 10792435 a4adf3 vmlinux.o This change also removes commented-out copy of __nlmsg_put which was last touched in 2005 with "Enable once all users have been converted" comment on top. Changes in v2: rediffed against net-next. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netlink: clarify attribute length check documentation

2011-11-04T21:48:23Z

The documentation for how the length of attributes is checked is wrong ("Exact length" isn't true, the policy checks are for "minimum length") and a bit misleading. Make it more complete and explain what really happens. Cc: Thomas Graf Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller