nefilter: nfnetlink: add nfnetlink_set_err and use it in ctnetlink
This patch adds nfnetlink_set_err() to propagate the error to netlink
broadcast listener in case of memory allocation errors in the
message building.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 9c0ba17..2785d66 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_send);
+void nfnetlink_set_err(u32 pid, u32 group, int error)
+{
+ netlink_set_err(nfnl, pid, group, error);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_set_err);
+
int nfnetlink_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u_int32_t pid, int flags)
{
return netlink_unicast(nfnl, skb, pid, flags);
