linux/include
Pablo Neira Ayuso be0c22a46c netlink: add NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket option
This patch adds NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR which is a netlink
socket option that the listener can set to make netlink_broadcast()
return errors in the delivery to the caller. This option is useful
if the caller of netlink_broadcast() do something with the result
of the message delivery, like in ctnetlink where it drops a network
packet if the event delivery failed, this is used to enable reliable
logging and state-synchronization. If this socket option is not set,
netlink_broadcast() only reports ESRCH errors and silently ignore
ENOBUFS errors, which is what most netlink_broadcast() callers
should do.

This socket option is based on a suggestion from Patrick McHardy.
Patrick McHardy can exchange this patch for a beer from me ;).

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-20 01:01:08 -08:00
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acpi ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord 2009-02-07 00:41:14 -05:00
asm-arm
asm-frv net: new user space API for time stamping of incoming and outgoing packets 2009-02-15 22:43:33 -08:00
asm-generic Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-26 09:47:28 -08:00
asm-h8300
asm-m32r net: new user space API for time stamping of incoming and outgoing packets 2009-02-15 22:43:33 -08:00
asm-mn10300 net: new user space API for time stamping of incoming and outgoing packets 2009-02-15 22:43:33 -08:00
crypto crypto: shash - Fix tfm destruction 2009-02-05 16:51:25 +11:00
drm drm/i915: add fence register management to execbuf 2009-02-08 21:38:02 +10:00
keys
linux netlink: add NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket option 2009-02-20 01:01:08 -08:00
math-emu
media Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2009-02-02 19:26:06 -08:00
mtd headers_check fix: mtd/inftl-user.h 2009-01-31 00:13:34 +05:30
net sctp: Inherit all socket options from parent correctly. 2009-02-16 00:03:11 -08:00
pcmcia
rdma net: replace __constant_{endian} uses in net headers 2009-02-14 22:58:35 -08:00
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] iscsi_tcp: make padbuf non-static 2009-01-13 10:41:34 -06:00
sound headers_check fix: sound/hdsp.h 2009-01-31 00:13:56 +05:30
trace sched, trace: update trace_sched_wakeup() 2008-12-25 13:10:21 +01:00
video atyfb: fix CONFIG_ namespace violations 2009-02-05 12:56:48 -08:00
xen xen: add xenfs to allow usermode <-> Xen interaction 2009-01-08 08:30:59 -08:00
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