From fc9e50f5a5a4e1fa9ba2756f745a13e693cf6a06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Herbert Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:41:37 -0800 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/netlink/af_netlink.c') diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index 59651af8cc27..81dc1bb6e016 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -2915,6 +2915,7 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, cb = &nlk->cb; memset(cb, 0, sizeof(*cb)); + cb->start = control->start; cb->dump = control->dump; cb->done = control->done; cb->nlh = nlh; @@ -2927,6 +2928,9 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex); + if (cb->start) + cb->start(cb); + ret = netlink_dump(sk); sock_put(sk); -- cgit v1.2.3-73-gaa49b