===== include/linux/netlink.h 1.19 vs edited =====
--- 1.19/include/linux/netlink.h	Sat Aug 28 02:13:43 2004
+++ edited/include/linux/netlink.h	Fri Sep 24 02:02:05 2004
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 extern void netlink_detach(int unit);
 extern int netlink_post(int unit, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern struct sock *netlink_kernel_create(int unit, void (*input)(struct sock *sk, int len));
-extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err);
+extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err, int gfp_mask);
 extern int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid, int nonblock);
 extern int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid,
 			     __u32 group, int allocation);
===== net/netlink/af_netlink.c 1.56 vs edited =====
--- 1.56/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	Fri Sep 24 02:01:00 2004
+++ edited/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	Fri Sep 24 02:02:06 2004
@@ -957,7 +957,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err)
+void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err, 
+		 int gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct nlmsghdr *rep;
@@ -969,7 +970,7 @@
 	else
 		size = NLMSG_SPACE(4 + NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len));
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask);
 	if (!skb) {
 		struct sock *sk;