netlink: add a start callback for starting a netlink dump

The start callback allows the caller to set up a context for the
dump callbacks. Presumably, the context can then be destroyed in
the done callback.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Tom Herbert
2015-12-15 15:41:37 -08:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 3502cad73c
commit fc9e50f5a5
4 changed files with 24 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -513,6 +513,20 @@ void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(genlmsg_put);
static int genl_lock_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
{
/* our ops are always const - netlink API doesn't propagate that */
const struct genl_ops *ops = cb->data;
int rc = 0;
if (ops->start) {
genl_lock();
rc = ops->start(cb);
genl_unlock();
}
return rc;
}
static int genl_lock_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
{
/* our ops are always const - netlink API doesn't propagate that */
@@ -577,6 +591,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(struct genl_family *family,
.module = family->module,
/* we have const, but the netlink API doesn't */
.data = (void *)ops,
.start = genl_lock_start,
.dump = genl_lock_dumpit,
.done = genl_lock_done,
};
@@ -588,6 +603,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(struct genl_family *family,
} else {
struct netlink_dump_control c = {
.module = family->module,
.start = ops->start,
.dump = ops->dumpit,
.done = ops->done,
};