netlink: fix netlink_ack() extack race
It seems that it's possible to toggle NETLINK_F_EXT_ACK through setsockopt() while another thread/CPU is building a message inside netlink_ack(), which could then trigger the WARN_ON()s I added since if it goes from being turned off to being turned on between allocating and filling the message, the skb could end up being too small. Avoid this whole situation by storing the value of this flag in a separate variable and using that throughout the function instead. Fixes: 2d4bc933 ("netlink: extended ACK reporting") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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