A generic netlink user has no interest in knowing how to address the source of the original request. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Index: net-2.6.20/include/net/genetlink.h =================================================================== --- net-2.6.20.orig/include/net/genetlink.h 2006-11-14 12:23:56.000000000 +0100 +++ net-2.6.20/include/net/genetlink.h 2006-11-14 12:46:16.000000000 +0100 @@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ } /** + * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request + * @skb: netlink message to be sent back + * @info: receiver information + */ +static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) +{ + return genlmsg_unicast(skb, info->snd_pid); +} + +/** * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload * @gnlh: genetlink messsage header */ Index: net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.20.orig/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c 2006-11-14 12:23:43.000000000 +0100 +++ net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c 2006-11-14 12:46:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data); - ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid); + ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info); if (ret_val != 0) goto list_failure; Index: net-2.6.20/net/netlink/genetlink.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.20.orig/net/netlink/genetlink.c 2006-11-14 12:23:43.000000000 +0100 +++ net-2.6.20/net/netlink/genetlink.c 2006-11-14 12:46:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ goto errout; } - err = genlmsg_unicast(msg, info->snd_pid); + err = genlmsg_reply(msg, info); errout: return err; } Index: net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.20.orig/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c 2006-11-14 12:23:43.000000000 +0100 +++ net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c 2006-11-14 12:46:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data); - ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid); + ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info); if (ret_val != 0) goto listdef_failure; return 0; @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data); - ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid); + ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info); if (ret_val != 0) goto version_failure; return 0; Index: net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.20.orig/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c 2006-11-14 12:23:43.000000000 +0100 +++ net-2.6.20/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c 2006-11-14 12:46:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ genlmsg_end(ans_skb, data); - ret_val = genlmsg_unicast(ans_skb, info->snd_pid); + ret_val = genlmsg_reply(ans_skb, info); if (ret_val != 0) goto list_failure; return 0; --