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-rw-r--r--include/net/netlink.h14
-rw-r--r--net/devlink/dev.c2
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 1d2bbcc50212..61cef3bd2d31 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
* nlmsg_get_pos() return current position in message
* nlmsg_trim() trim part of message
* nlmsg_cancel() cancel message construction
- * nlmsg_free() free a netlink message
+ * nlmsg_consume() free a netlink message (expected)
+ * nlmsg_free() free a netlink message (drop)
*
* Message Sending:
* nlmsg_multicast() multicast message to several groups
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ static inline void nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
}
/**
- * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
+ * nlmsg_free - drop a netlink message
* @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
*/
static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1091,6 +1092,15 @@ static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
/**
+ * nlmsg_consume - free a netlink message
+ * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
+ */
+static inline void nlmsg_consume(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ consume_skb(skb);
+}
+
+/**
* nlmsg_multicast_filtered - multicast a netlink message with filter function
* @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
* @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
diff --git a/net/devlink/dev.c b/net/devlink/dev.c
index c609deb42e88..13c73f50da3d 100644
--- a/net/devlink/dev.c
+++ b/net/devlink/dev.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ static void __devlink_compat_running_version(struct devlink *devlink,
}
}
free_msg:
- nlmsg_free(msg);
+ nlmsg_consume(msg);
}
void devlink_compat_running_version(struct devlink *devlink,