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netlink: improve nl_soreceive()
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Authored by glebius on Nov 28 2023, 4:19 AM.
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Summary

The previous commit conservatively mimiced operation of soreceive_generic().
The new code does two things:

  • parses Netlink message headers and always returns at least one full nlmsg
  • hides nl_buf boundaries from the userland, copying out several at once

More details can be found in the large comment block added.

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