Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 3950d3c2850..cf343a85253 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct kobj_type {
 	void (*release)(struct kobject *kobj);
 	const struct sysfs_ops *sysfs_ops;
 	struct attribute **default_attrs;
+	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *(*child_ns_type)(struct kobject *kobj);
+	const void *(*namespace)(struct kobject *kobj);
 };
 
 struct kobj_uevent_env {
@@ -134,6 +136,42 @@ struct kobj_attribute {
 
 extern const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops;
 
+/*
+ * Namespace types which are used to tag kobjects and sysfs entries.
+ * Network namespace will likely be the first.
+ */
+enum kobj_ns_type {
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPES
+};
+
+struct sock;
+
+/*
+ * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
+ *   @current_ns: return calling task's namespace
+ *   @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
+ *   @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
+ */
+struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
+	const void *(*current_ns)(void);
+	const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
+	const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
+};
+
+int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops);
+int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent);
+const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
+
+const void *kobj_ns_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
+const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
+void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns);
+
+
 /**
  * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem.
  *