+int iscsi_offload_mesg(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
+ struct iscsi_transport *transport, uint32_t type,
+ char *data, uint16_t data_size)
+{
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct iscsi_uevent *ev;
+ int len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*ev) + data_size);
+
+ skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!skb) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "can not deliver iscsi offload message:OOM\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ nlh = __nlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, 0, (len - sizeof(*nlh)), 0);
+ ev = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
+ memset(ev, 0, sizeof(*ev));
+ ev->type = type;
+ ev->transport_handle = iscsi_handle(transport);
+ switch (type) {
+ case ISCSI_KEVENT_PATH_REQ:
+ ev->r.req_path.host_no = shost->host_no;
+ break;
+ case ISCSI_KEVENT_IF_DOWN:
+ ev->r.notify_if_down.host_no = shost->host_no;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ memcpy((char *)ev + sizeof(*ev), data, data_size);
+
+ return iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_UIP, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_offload_mesg);
+