Commit f4a00aac authored Mar 07, 2016 by Tom Herbert Committed by David S. Miller Mar 09, 2016

net: Make sock_alloc exportable



Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

parent ff3c44e6

include/linux/net.h

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	@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto,
	int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);		int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
	int sock_create_kern(struct net net, int family, int type, int proto, struct socket *res);		int sock_create_kern(struct net net, int family, int type, int proto, struct socket *res);
	int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);		int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
			struct socket *sock_alloc(void);
	void sock_release(struct socket *sock);		void sock_release(struct socket *sock);
	int sock_sendmsg(struct socket sock, struct msghdr msg);		int sock_sendmsg(struct socket sock, struct msghdr msg);
	int sock_recvmsg(struct socket sock, struct msghdr msg, size_t size,		int sock_recvmsg(struct socket sock, struct msghdr msg, size_t size,

net/socket.c

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	@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
	* NULL is returned.		* NULL is returned.
	*/		*/

	static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)		struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
	{		{
	struct inode *inode;		struct inode *inode;
	struct socket *sock;		struct socket *sock;
	@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
	this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);		this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
	return sock;		return sock;
	}		}
			EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);

	/**		/**
	* sock_release - close a socket		* sock_release - close a socket