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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-15 09:40:05 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-15 09:40:05 -0700
commit2ed0e21b30b53d3a94e204196e523e6c8f732b56 (patch)
treede2635426477d86338a9469ce09ba0626052288f /net/netlink/genetlink.c
parent0fa213310cd8fa7a51071cdcf130e26fa56e9549 (diff)
parent9cbc1cb8cd46ce1f7645b9de249b2ce8460129bb (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1244 commits) pkt_sched: Rename PSCHED_US2NS and PSCHED_NS2US ipv4: Fix fib_trie rebalancing Bluetooth: Fix issue with uninitialized nsh.type in DTL-1 driver Bluetooth: Fix Kconfig issue with RFKILL integration PIM-SM: namespace changes ipv4: update ARPD help text net: use a deferred timer in rt_check_expire ieee802154: fix kconfig bool/tristate muckup bonding: initialization rework bonding: use is_zero_ether_addr bonding: network device names are case sensative bonding: elminate bad refcount code bonding: fix style issues bonding: fix destructor bonding: remove bonding read/write semaphore bonding: initialize before registration bonding: bond_create always called with default parameters x_tables: Convert printk to pr_err netfilter: conntrack: optional reliable conntrack event delivery list_nulls: add hlist_nulls_add_head and hlist_nulls_del ...
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diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 1d3dd30099d..eed4c6a8afc 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -384,6 +384,52 @@ errout:
}
/**
+ * genl_register_family_with_ops - register a generic netlink family
+ * @family: generic netlink family
+ * @ops: operations to be registered
+ * @n_ops: number of elements to register
+ *
+ * Registers the specified family and operations from the specified table.
+ * Only one family may be registered with the same family name or identifier.
+ *
+ * The family id may equal GENL_ID_GENERATE causing an unique id to
+ * be automatically generated and assigned.
+ *
+ * Either a doit or dumpit callback must be specified for every registered
+ * operation or the function will fail. Only one operation structure per
+ * command identifier may be registered.
+ *
+ * See include/net/genetlink.h for more documenation on the operations
+ * structure.
+ *
+ * This is equivalent to calling genl_register_family() followed by
+ * genl_register_ops() for every operation entry in the table taking
+ * care to unregister the family on error path.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family *family,
+ struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops)
+{
+ int err, i;
+
+ err = genl_register_family(family);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n_ops; ++i, ++ops) {
+ err = genl_register_ops(family, ops);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_out;
+ }
+ return 0;
+err_out:
+ genl_unregister_family(family);
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_register_family_with_ops);
+
+/**
* genl_unregister_family - unregister generic netlink family
* @family: generic netlink family
*