int udp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
		size_t len)
{
	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
	struct udp_sock *up = udp_sk(sk);
	int ulen = len;
	struct ipcm_cookie ipc;
	struct rtable *rt = NULL;
	int free = 0;
	int connected = 0;
	__be32 daddr, faddr, saddr;
	__be16 dport;
	u8  tos;
	int err;
	int corkreq = up->corkflag || msg->msg_flags&MSG_MORE;

	if (len > 0xFFFF)
		return -EMSGSIZE;

	/* 
	 *	Check the flags.
	 */

	if (msg->msg_flags&MSG_OOB)	/* Mirror BSD error message compatibility */
		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

	ipc.opt = NULL;

	if (up->pending) {
		/*
		 * There are pending frames.
	 	 * The socket lock must be held while it's corked.
		 */
		lock_sock(sk);
		if (likely(up->pending)) {
			if (unlikely(up->pending != AF_INET)) {
				release_sock(sk);
				return -EINVAL;
			}
 			goto do_append_data;
		}
		release_sock(sk);
	}
	ulen += sizeof(struct udphdr);

	/*
	 *	Get and verify the address. 
	 */
	if (msg->msg_name) {
		struct sockaddr_in * usin = (struct sockaddr_in*)msg->msg_name;
		if (msg->msg_namelen < sizeof(*usin))
			return -EINVAL;
		if (usin->sin_family != AF_INET) {
			if (usin->sin_family != AF_UNSPEC)
				return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
		}

		daddr = usin->sin_addr.s_addr;
		dport = usin->sin_port;
		if (dport == 0)
			return -EINVAL;
	} else {
		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
			return -EDESTADDRREQ;
		daddr = inet->daddr;
		dport = inet->dport;
		/* Open fast path for connected socket.
		   Route will not be used, if at least one option is set.
		 */
		connected = 1;
  	}
	ipc.addr = inet->saddr;

	ipc.oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
		err = ip_cmsg_send(msg, &ipc);
		if (err)
			return err;
		if (ipc.opt)
			free = 1;
		connected = 0;
	}
	if (!ipc.opt)
		ipc.opt = inet->opt;

	saddr = ipc.addr;
	ipc.addr = faddr = daddr;

	if (ipc.opt && ipc.opt->srr) {
		if (!daddr)
			return -EINVAL;
		faddr = ipc.opt->faddr;
		connected = 0;
	}
	tos = RT_TOS(inet->tos);
	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LOCALROUTE) ||
	    (msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTROUTE) || 
	    (ipc.opt && ipc.opt->is_strictroute)) {
		tos |= RTO_ONLINK;
		connected = 0;
	}

	if (MULTICAST(daddr)) {
		if (!ipc.oif)
			ipc.oif = inet->mc_index;
		if (!saddr)
			saddr = inet->mc_addr;
		connected = 0;
	}

	if (connected)
		rt = (struct rtable*)sk_dst_check(sk, 0);

	if (rt == NULL) {
		struct flowi fl = { .oif = ipc.oif,
				    .nl_u = { .ip4_u =
					      { .daddr = faddr,
						.saddr = saddr,
						.tos = tos } },
				    .proto = IPPROTO_UDP,
				    .uli_u = { .ports =
					       { .sport = inet->sport,
						 .dport = dport } } };
		security_sk_classify_flow(sk, &fl);
		err = ip_route_output_flow(&rt, &fl, sk, !(msg->msg_flags&MSG_DONTWAIT));
		if (err)
			goto out;

		err = -EACCES;
		if ((rt->rt_flags & RTCF_BROADCAST) &&
		    !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_BROADCAST))
			goto out;
		if (connected)
			sk_dst_set(sk, dst_clone(&rt->u.dst));
	}

	if (msg->msg_flags&MSG_CONFIRM)
		goto do_confirm;
back_from_confirm:

	saddr = rt->rt_src;
	if (!ipc.addr)
		daddr = ipc.addr = rt->rt_dst;

	lock_sock(sk);
	if (unlikely(up->pending)) {
		/* The socket is already corked while preparing it. */
		/* ... which is an evident application bug. --ANK */
		release_sock(sk);

		LIMIT_NETDEBUG(KERN_DEBUG "udp cork app bug 2\n");
		err = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}
	/*
	 *	Now cork the socket to pend data.
	 */
	inet->cork.fl.fl4_dst = daddr;
	inet->cork.fl.fl_ip_dport = dport;
	inet->cork.fl.fl4_src = saddr;
	inet->cork.fl.fl_ip_sport = inet->sport;
	up->pending = AF_INET;

do_append_data:
	up->len += ulen;
	err = ip_append_data(sk, ip_generic_getfrag, msg->msg_iov, ulen, 
			sizeof(struct udphdr), &ipc, rt, 
			corkreq ? msg->msg_flags|MSG_MORE : msg->msg_flags);
	if (err)
		udp_flush_pending_frames(sk);
	else if (!corkreq)
		err = udp_push_pending_frames(sk, up);
	release_sock(sk);

out:
	ip_rt_put(rt);
	if (free)
		kfree(ipc.opt);
	if (!err) {
		UDP_INC_STATS_USER(UDP_MIB_OUTDATAGRAMS);
		return len;
	}
	/*
	 * ENOBUFS = no kernel mem, SOCK_NOSPACE = no sndbuf space.  Reporting
	 * ENOBUFS might not be good (it's not tunable per se), but otherwise
	 * we don't have a good statistic (IpOutDiscards but it can be too many
	 * things).  We could add another new stat but at least for now that
	 * seems like overkill.
	 */
	if (err == -ENOBUFS || test_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags)) {
		UDP_INC_STATS_USER(UDP_MIB_SNDBUFERRORS);
	}
	return err;

do_confirm:
	dst_confirm(&rt->u.dst);
	if (!(msg->msg_flags&MSG_PROBE) || len)
		goto back_from_confirm;
	err = 0;
	goto out;
}
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