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From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Subject: [PATCHSET] rtnetlink notification rework
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:37:18 +0200
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This patchset reworks rtnetlink notifications. Notification logic
is fixed and gets hidden behind nlmsg_notify() and the rtnl socket
is no longer directly accessed. All notification paths get
appropriate error handling. NLM_F_ECHO support is added where it
makes sense and no major surgery is required. Abuses of current->pid
for netlink pids are fixed. An exception is made for users of
rtnetlink_send() which will get converted in a second step as some
bigger code change are required.