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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index ce5cba19c393..30021339157c 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -500,14 +500,15 @@ static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff *skb, /** * nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message - * @size: maximum size of message + * @payload: size of the message payload * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. * - * Use NLMSG_GOODSIZE if size isn't know and you need a good default size. + * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known + * and a good default is needed. */ -static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(int size, gfp_t flags) +static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags) { - return alloc_skb(size, flags); + return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), flags); } /** |