[NETLINK]: Do precise netlink message allocations where possible
Account for the netlink message header size directly in nlmsg_new()
instead of relying on the caller calculate it correctly.
Replaces error handling of message construction functions when
constructing notifications with bug traps since a failure implies
a bug in calculating the size of the skb.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index f45c5e7..4f3f0e4 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
/*
* If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
*/
- size = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(size));
- skb = nlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb)
return -ENOMEM;