Merge commit '070680218379e15c1901f4bf21b98e3cbf12b527' into stable/for-linus-fixes-3.3

* commit '070680218379e15c1901f4bf21b98e3cbf12b527': (50 commits)
  xen-balloon: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  clocksource: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  ibm_rtl: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  edac: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  driver-core: implement 'sysdev' functionality for regular devices and buses
  kref: fix up the kfree build problems
  kref: Remove the memory barriers
  kref: Implement kref_put in terms of kref_sub
  kref: Inline all functions
  Drivers: hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in hv.c
  Drivers: hv: Make the vmbus driver unloadable
  Drivers: hv: Fix a memory leak
  Documentation: Update stable address
  MAINTAINERS: stable: Update address
  w1: add fast search for single slave bus
  driver-core: skip uevent generation when nobody is listening
  drivers: hv: Don't OOPS when you cannot init vmbus
  firmware: google: fix gsmi.c build warning
  drivers_base: make argument to platform_device_register_full const
  ...

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index ad72a03ce5e9..e66e9b632617 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		size_t len;
 
+		if (!netlink_has_listeners(uevent_sock, 1))
+			continue;
+
 		/* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
 		len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
 		skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);