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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 60aef0df386b..ace4abf118d7 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -10,14 +10,9 @@
/**
* struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
* @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
- * @id: multicast group ID, assigned by the core, to use with
- * genlmsg_multicast().
- * @list: list entry for linking
*/
struct genl_multicast_group {
- struct list_head list; /* private */
char name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
- u32 id;
};
struct genl_ops;
@@ -38,7 +33,9 @@ struct genl_info;
* undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
* @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
* @family_list: family list
- * @mcast_groups: multicast groups list
+ * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private)
+ * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups (private)
+ * @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family
* @ops: the operations supported by this family (private)
* @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family (private)
*/
@@ -58,9 +55,11 @@ struct genl_family {
struct genl_info *info);
struct nlattr ** attrbuf; /* private */
const struct genl_ops * ops; /* private */
+ const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps; /* private */
unsigned int n_ops; /* private */
+ unsigned int n_mcgrps; /* private */
+ unsigned int mcgrp_offset; /* private */
struct list_head family_list; /* private */
- struct list_head mcast_groups; /* private */
struct module *module;
};
@@ -150,22 +149,30 @@ static inline int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
*
* Return 0 on success or a negative error code.
*/
-static inline int _genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family *family,
- const struct genl_ops *ops,
- size_t n_ops)
+static inline int
+_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps(struct genl_family *family,
+ const struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops,
+ const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps,
+ size_t n_mcgrps)
{
family->module = THIS_MODULE;
family->ops = ops;
family->n_ops = n_ops;
+ family->mcgrps = mcgrps;
+ family->n_mcgrps = n_mcgrps;
return __genl_register_family(family);
}
-#define genl_register_family_with_ops(family, ops) \
- _genl_register_family_with_ops((family), (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops))
+#define genl_register_family_with_ops(family, ops) \
+ _genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family), \
+ (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops), \
+ NULL, 0)
+#define genl_register_family_with_ops_groups(family, ops, grps) \
+ _genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family), \
+ (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops), \
+ (grps), ARRAY_SIZE(grps))
int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
-int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
- struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
void genl_notify(struct genl_family *family,
struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 portid,
u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
@@ -251,13 +258,16 @@ static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
* @net: the net namespace
* @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
* @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
- * @group: multicast group id
+ * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
* @flags: allocation flags
*/
static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct genl_family *family,
struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
{
+ if (group >= family->n_mcgrps)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
}
@@ -266,13 +276,16 @@ static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct genl_family *family,
* @family: the generic netlink family
* @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
* @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
- * @group: multicast group id
+ * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
* @flags: allocation flags
*/
static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct genl_family *family,
struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
{
+ if (group >= family->n_mcgrps)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
return genlmsg_multicast_netns(family, &init_net, skb,
portid, group, flags);
}
@@ -282,7 +295,7 @@ static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct genl_family *family,
* @family: the generic netlink family
* @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
* @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
- * @group: multicast group id
+ * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
* @flags: allocation flags
*
* This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
@@ -365,6 +378,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
* @net: the network namespace to report the error to
* @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
* @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
+ * (this is the offset of the multicast group in the groups array)
* @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
*
* This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the