netlink: New function nl_msg_put_unspec_zero().

This function already had a few potential users, which this commit
converts.  An upcoming commit adds more users.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>

diff --git a/lib/netlink.c b/lib/netlink.c
index 40477ea..680c676 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netlink.c
+++ b/lib/netlink.c
@@ -220,6 +220,18 @@ nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, size_t size)
     return nla + 1;
 }
 
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and room for 'size' bytes of
+ * data as its payload, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the tail end of
+ * 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary.  Returns a pointer to
+ * the first byte of data in the attribute, which is zeroed. */
+void *
+nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, size_t size)
+{
+    void *data = nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg, type, size);
+    memset(data, 0, size);
+    return data;
+}
+
 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the 'size' bytes of
  * 'data' as its payload, to the tail end of 'msg', reallocating and copying
  * its data if necessary.  Returns a pointer to the first byte of data in the

diff --git a/lib/netlink.h b/lib/netlink.h
index 21d49d3..1a1c0de 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netlink.h
+++ b/lib/netlink.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void *nl_msg_push_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, size_t);
 
 /* Appending attributes. */
 void *nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, size_t);
+void *nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, size_t);
 void nl_msg_put_unspec(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const void *, size_t);
 void nl_msg_put_flag(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type);
 void nl_msg_put_u8(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint8_t value);

diff --git a/lib/odp-util.c b/lib/odp-util.c
index 6ac3853..9c63e9a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/odp-util.c
+++ b/lib/odp-util.c
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ generate_all_wildcard_mask(struct ofpbuf *ofp, const struct nlattr *key)
     int size = nl_attr_get_size(key);
 
     if (odp_flow_key_attr_len(type) >=0) {
-        memset(nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(ofp, type, size), 0, size);
+        nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(ofp, type, size);
     } else {
         size_t nested_mask;
 
@@ -2563,9 +2563,8 @@ odp_flow_key_from_flow__(struct ofpbuf *buf, const struct flow *data,
                flow->dl_type == htons(ETH_TYPE_RARP)) {
         struct ovs_key_arp *arp_key;
 
-        arp_key = nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(buf, OVS_KEY_ATTR_ARP,
-                                           sizeof *arp_key);
-        memset(arp_key, 0, sizeof *arp_key);
+        arp_key = nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(buf, OVS_KEY_ATTR_ARP,
+                                         sizeof *arp_key);
         arp_key->arp_sip = data->nw_src;
         arp_key->arp_tip = data->nw_dst;
         arp_key->arp_op = htons(data->nw_proto);
@@ -3436,9 +3435,8 @@ commit_mpls_action(const struct flow *flow, struct flow *base,
     case 1: {
         struct ovs_action_push_mpls *mpls;
 
-        mpls = nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(odp_actions, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_MPLS,
-                                        sizeof *mpls);
-        memset(mpls, 0, sizeof *mpls);
+        mpls = nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(odp_actions, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_MPLS,
+                                      sizeof *mpls);
         mpls->mpls_ethertype = flow->dl_type;
         mpls->mpls_lse = flow->mpls_lse;
         break;