[CONNECTOR]: Use netlink_has_listeners() to avoind unnecessary allocations.
Return -ESRCH from cn_netlink_send() when there are not listeners,
just as it could be done by netlink_broadcast(). Propagate
netlink_broadcast() error back to the caller.
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/connector/connector.txt b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt
index 57a314b..ad6e0ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/connector/connector.txt
+++ b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@
struct cb_id *id - unique connector's user identifier.
-void cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __groups, int gfp_mask);
+int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __groups, int gfp_mask);
Sends message to the specified groups. It can be safely called from
-any context, but may silently fail under strong memory pressure.
+softirq context, but may silently fail under strong memory pressure.
+If there are no listeners for given group -ESRCH can be returned.
struct cn_msg * - message header(with attached data).
u32 __group - destination group.