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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/genetlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/genetlink.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index 9ece6e5a3ea8..a03d56765832 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ #ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H #define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H -#include <linux/genetlink.h> +#include <linux/net.h> #include <net/netlink.h> #include <net/net_namespace.h> +#include <uapi/linux/genetlink.h> #define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN) +/* Non-parallel generic netlink requests are serialized by a global lock. */ +void genl_lock(void); +void genl_unlock(void); + +#define MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(family) \ + MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_NAME(PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_GENERIC, "-family-" family) + /* Binding to multicast group requires %CAP_NET_ADMIN */ #define GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN BIT(0) /* Binding to multicast group requires %CAP_SYS_ADMIN */ @@ -116,7 +124,8 @@ struct genl_family { * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header * @attrs: netlink attributes * @_net: network namespace - * @user_ptr: user pointers + * @ctx: storage space for the use by the family + * @user_ptr: user pointers (deprecated, use ctx instead) * @extack: extended ACK report struct */ struct genl_info { @@ -127,7 +136,10 @@ struct genl_info { struct genlmsghdr * genlhdr; struct nlattr ** attrs; possible_net_t _net; - void * user_ptr[2]; + union { + u8 ctx[NETLINK_CTX_SIZE]; + void * user_ptr[2]; + }; struct netlink_ext_ack *extack; }; @@ -342,7 +354,7 @@ __genlmsg_iput(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct genl_info *info, int flags) * such requests) or a struct initialized by genl_info_init_ntf() * when constructing notifications. * - * Returns pointer to new genetlink header. + * Returns: pointer to new genetlink header. */ static inline void * genlmsg_iput(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct genl_info *info) @@ -354,7 +366,7 @@ genlmsg_iput(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct genl_info *info) * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put() * - * Returns pointer to netlink header. + * Returns: pointer to netlink header. */ static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr) { @@ -423,7 +435,7 @@ static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb, * @flags: netlink message flags * @cmd: generic netlink command * - * Returns pointer to user specific header + * Returns: pointer to user specific header */ static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info, @@ -523,13 +535,12 @@ static inline int genlmsg_multicast(const struct genl_family *family, * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array - * @flags: allocation flags * * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock(). */ int genlmsg_multicast_allns(const struct genl_family *family, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, - unsigned int group, gfp_t flags); + unsigned int group); /** * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message |